India, May 7 -- The Philadelphia 76ers will be without star center Joel Embiid for Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night after the team ruled him out with a sprained right ankle and soreness in his right hip.

Philadelphia had initially listed Embiid as probable because of the ankle injury, but later added the hip issue before officially downgrading him to out roughly six hours before tipoff.

The injury update comes after a difficult outing in Game 1, where the Knicks dominated the 76ers 137-98. Embiid finished with 14 points while shooting just 3-of-11 from the field in 25 minutes before the starters were pulled during the blowout loss.

The 2023 MVP had only recently returned...