What’s Tobias Harris’ injury report status for the Philadelphia 76ers’ matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies?

Lately, the Philadelphia 76ers have found themselves getting healthier, but they are far from injury-free. This week, the team landed its starting center, Joel Embiid, back in the mix.

One game after getting Embiid back in the fold, the starting guard Tyrese Maxey was then cleared for action after he dealt with a minor hip injury.

Earlier this week, the veteran forward Tobias Harris found himself downgraded on the injury report after experiencing knee soreness late in the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

According to a report, Harris received an MRI this week, which didn’t reveal any significant setbacks. However, he was still downgraded on the injury report ahead of the Sixers’ matchup against the Miami Heat on Thursday.

Harris was officially ruled out when the game time rolled around. In his absence, the Sixers still found success in a must-win matchup against the Heat. That game marked the first absence in seven games for Harris.

On Saturday night, the Sixers are set to take on the Memphis Grizzlies. Once again, Harris is on the injury report as he deals with a knee contusion. If he’s unable to play, it would mark the first time since mid-March Harris would miss consecutive games.

Back on March 16, Harris missed his first matchup after a 12-game healthy stretch. It would last three games before he returned on March 22.

According to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Harris’ diagnosis from the MRI he underwent led the veteran forward to believe he could miss one-to-two games. As a result, his status for Saturday’s game remains in question.

The Sixers are set to tip-off with the Grizzlies at 8 PM ET on Saturday.

Healthier Sixers have opponents quaking in their boots.

Two games ago, the Philadelphia 76ers were in eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Now, after consecutive 109-105 wins over Oklahoma City and Miami, the Sixers are…well, in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, but not by as much! Philadelphia is just 1.5 games back of sixth-place Pacers and 1.0 game back of the seventh-place Heat (sadly, both those teams won last night). However, the Sixers’ remaining schedule of Memphis, San Antonio, Detroit, Orlando, and Brooklyn is the easiest in the league, with the Magic the only team in that group heading to the postseason. So there’s a chance.

Plus, to borrow an old Entourage tagline, the Boys Are Back! Thursday’s earthquake on the East Coast was actually the shudder felt throughout the East at the Sixers’ two All-Stars reuniting.

Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey took the floor together in Miami for the first time since January. The Sixers are 27-7 when those two both play this season, and the first look at the Maxey-Kyle Lowry-Kelly Oubre Jr.-Nic Batum-Embiid lineup scorched the Heat.

The markets agree with this newfound optimism for Philadelphia, as the Sixers now have the third-best odds to emerge out of the Eastern Conference, per DraftKings, only behind Boston and Milwaukee at +1000. That’s quite wild for a team in eighth place. The path forward is clear, though. Avoid the eighth seed and a first-round meeting with Boston at all costs. Either an unlikely climb all the way back up to sixth or winning the opening Play-In Tournament game to secure seventh would be the ticket. Both Milwaukee and Cleveland are bouncing uneasily to the finish line like a homemade soapbox derby car; the Bucks at least have Giannis to fall back upon, but either matchup is eminently winnable there. You avoid Boston until a potential Conference Finals round and hope for some injury luck for a change.

The Sixers themselves can’t afford to look ahead, however. These lottery-bound Grizzlies upset the Hospital Sixers just last month in Philadelphia. Admittedly, the Sixers didn’t have Embiid or Maxey in that game, but the Grizzlies just beat Milwaukee on Wednesday. They have no issue playing spoiler. Fortunately, despite being on the road, Philadelphia will have the rest advantage, as Memphis just played last night in a win over Detroit.

On the injury report, De’Anthony Melton and Robert Covington remain out. Embiid, Maxey, Tobias Harris, and Mo Bamba are all listed as questionable, Harris and Bamba having missed the Miami game. The Sixers have a back-to-back, playing tomorrow night in San Antonio, so I’d be surprised if Joel played both games having just returned to action post-surgery. But we’ve seen the big man make decisions in the past that would be less than optimal from a cautious health perspective, so who really knows.

Five regular season remaining. Win them all and I say the Sixers climb out of eighth and slide back into the driver’s set behind the wheel of destiny. We’ll see if they handle their business in Grind City.

Game Details

Who: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Memphis Grizzlies
When: 8:00pm ET
Where: FedExForum, Memphis, TN
Watch: NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus
Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic