Sixers NBA playoffs: Second round schedule, Joel Embiid’s injury, and everything else you need to know

The Philadelphia 76ers are one step closer to their first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 2001, after sweeping the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

The Sixers now move on to the Eastern Conference semifinals, where they’ll face the Boston Celtics, who eliminated the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of their first round series Thursday night.

Sixers-Celtics Game 1 will take place Monday, giving MVP finalist Joel Embiid a few extra days to recover from a sprained right knee, which he suffered during the team’s Game 3 win Thursday night. He didn’t play in Game 4 on Saturday,

Here’s everything we know about the Sixers’ upcoming playoff schedule. This will be updated as more information becomes available:

The Sixers will face the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Boston will certainly be a more difficult opponent than the Nets. This season, the Sixers went just 1-3 against the Celtics during the regular season, winning their last matchup earlier this month behind Embiid’s 52-point performance. But the Celtics were also undermanned, playing without Jaylen Brown and Robert Williams III.

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The Sixers won’t return to the court until Monday. The first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals will take place in Boston at TD Garden.

Here’s the schedule of the Eastern Conference semifinals:

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The big question heading into the second round of the playoff is whether Embiid will be available for Game 1 after spraining his right knee during the team’s Game 3 win against the Nets on Thursday. Embiid did not play in Game 4.

Coach Doc Rivers told reporters Tuesday there hasn’t been any update on how long the MVP finalist would be sidelined.

“There really isn’t any update yet,” Rivers said. “We won’t know anything for at least another couple of days probably before we can move forward.”

Embiid has dealt with multiple injuries during his NBA career, which began with him missing the entire 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons after suffering a stress fracture in his right foot. Earlier this season, he missed four games with a mid-foot sprain.

Here’s a rundown of the injuries that caused Embiid to miss the most time.

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The Sixers were the first team to punch their ticket to the second round of the NBA playoffs. They have since been joined by the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Miami Heat.

Here’s where the rest of the first round playoff series currently stand:

Western Conference

Eliminated teams: Brooklyn Nets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers

NBC Sports Philadelphia only had the broadcast rights to air the first round of the NBA playoffs. So moving forward, the rest of the Sixers’ playoff games will air on either ESPN, TNT or NBA TV.

The network still plans to air Sixers Pregame Live and Sixers Postgame Live throughout the team’s playoff run, featuring Amy Fadool, former Sixers coach Jim Lynam, and former NBA player Marc Jackson. Sixers announcer Kate Scott said she hopes to continue traveling with the team as a reporter for NBC Sports Philadelphia throughout their playoff run

Both TNT And ESPN are available to stream on a host of so-called skinny bundles, including Hulu with Live TV, DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, fubo, and YouTube TV.

Sixers playoff tickets are already on sale for the Eastern Conference semifinals. There is no opponent or schedule yet, but the Sixers are guaranteed at least two home games during the series at the Wells Fargo Center.

As of Monday morning, the cheapest tickets for the first game at the Wells Fargo Center were running about $140 before fees. Seats closer to the court were selling for upwards of $1,500.