Both the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers are dealing with players recuperating from knee injuries, with both Joel Embiid and Danilo Gallinari having been recently spotted working out ahead of the two teams’ first contest in the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Both Gallo and Embiid were getting up shots with the latter looking far more able to move around the court. But even though Gallinari is clearly the more mobile of the pair, it seems more probable that we will see Embiid attempt to take the court this series, while a Gallinari return seems implausible.
This is mainly due to the fact that Embiid was in postseason shape when he sprained his knee, while Gallo is still working his way back from a much more severe injury to his knee in the form of an ACL tear.
Here, you can see Embiid taking limited-movement jumpers at practice (more on next page).
