On Tuesday night, the 76ers Flatten Thanks to Joel Embiid’s outstanding performance, Shake Milton’s breakthrough game and the breathless defense against Trae Young, they defeated the Eagles 1-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. A day later, some major news came from Atlanta, announcing that forward (Philadelphia native) DeAndre Hunter, the fourth pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, is about to undergo surgery and will not play for another season.
DeAndre Hunter of the Hawks is absent this season and he will undergo meniscus surgery.
Hunter missed the first two games of the 76ers series with a sore knee-now we know why, because the team found a new partial tear in his meniscus-averaged every time in the first round of the Hawks series. The game against the Knicks played more than 30 minutes. Although he averaged less than 11 points per game in that series (lower than his average of 15 points per game this season), his absence was a big problem for the Hawks, especially on the defensive end.