When the Sixers walked out of the locker room on Friday to start the second half, Joel Embiid ominously wasn’t among them.

The Sixers shut Embiid out in the third quarter for the remainder of their loss to the Pacers. Late Friday night, a team official said Embiid suffered a fractured sinus against Indiana and would undergo further evaluation this weekend.

After receiving an accidental blow to the right side of his face from Pacers shooting guard Bennedict Mathurin, Embiid exited the game with 6.5 seconds left in the second quarter. As he chased down his own miss inside, Mathurin’s arm hit Embiid’s face. The seven-time All-Star stayed on the floor for a few minutes and went back to the locker room with a towel over his face.

Embiid was bothered by a problematic left knee earlier this season and missed 17 of the Sixers’ first 23 games. He has a history of facial injuries, suffering a left orbital fracture in 2018 and a right orbital fracture in 2022.

The 7-16 Sixers began the evening without Caleb Martin (right shoulder impingement), Kyle Lowry (lower back spasms) and Adem Bona (left knee tendinopathy). Their Big 3 of Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey have only played one full game together.

The team is now 1-5 with its cornerstone big man certainly no stranger to injury issues.

This story will be updated.