After Joel Embiid scored 43 points in his first game back from COVID-19, he has struggled in his past two games.

Embiid had a 4-for-16 performance on Monday followed by a 3-for-17 game on Wednesday. 

"I would never use it as an excuse but obviously I think it's going to take me awhile to get back, especially legs and cardio and all that stuff," Embiid said. "But every single day I got to keep working hard, and keep getting better."

Doc Rivers was asked what he's seen from Embiid since he came back from the virus and whether it had lingering effects on him, and admitted he wasn't sure what to think.

"Everybody with COVID, I just don't know those answers," Rivers said. "Some guys come back quickly and play pretty well, a lot of guys have played the one great game when they've come back and then gone into a little fog.

"You could tell he's definitely struggling getting going. Yeah, we've just got to keep playing him and letting him play through it."