Los Angeles (AFP) – Joel Embiid, the star player of the Philadelphia 76ers NBA franchise, confirmed that he suffered from Bell’s disease, which manifests itself in facial nerve paralysis, Thursday after his team’s victory against the Knicks.
1 min
Articles were published in the press on Thursday according to which the 2.13 m strong winger, aged 30 and MVP (best player in the League) 2023, had undergone treatment to treat this disease.
“ (The treatment) had to start a day or two before a game in Miami “, explained the player born in Cameroon, specifying that he was suffering from migraines at the time and that muscular weakness was causing paralysis of his left eye and mouth.
“ Yes, it’s quite boring ” Embiid, who wore dark glasses, told reporters after the game. This paralysis, which generally disappears within a few weeks or months, affects “ the left side of my face, my mouth and my eye “, he continued. “ It’s difficult, but I don’t want to give up “.
This illness from which he suffers and of which he does not know the origin could, according to some analysts, be a reaction caused by a viral infection.
In recovery, Joel Embiid led the 76ers to victory over the Knicks 125-114 on Thursday night, scoring 50 points, the best total of his career in a play-off game. A victory which allows the 76ers to return to 2-1 in this best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series.