The Sixers pvot flirted with the quadruple-double in the win against the Jazz: 59 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 blocks and a steal.
With an anthological performance of 59 points, Joel Embiid He made history in the NBA this Sunday by becoming the first player to exceed 50 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks in a single game.
The Cameroonian pvot was the leader of the Philadelphia 76ers in their 105-98 win over the Utah Jazz. The 59 points represent a new personal scoring record for an Embiid who scored 26 of his team’s 27 points in the fourth quarter.
In all, Embiid flirt with the quadruple-double and added 59 points (19 of 28 in field goals, 1 of 5 in triples, 20 of 24 free throws)11 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 blocks and a steal.
The only but that can be put to this monumental display of power by Embiid is that the blocks in the NBA have only been counted officially since the 1973-1974 season.
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In any case, Embiid has multiplied in recent games without the injured James Harden and his display this Sunday came just 24 hours after he had 42 points on Saturday in the Sixers’ win against the Atlanta Hawks.
These two consecutive victories -with the best version besides Embiid- have brought some peace to the Sixers (7-7) who had started the season with poor feelings.
In the Jazz, one of the great revelations of the start of the course despite the fact that with this defeat they gave up the leadership of the West, the top scorer was Malik Beasley with 18 points.
Utah led by 14 points in the second quarter but fizzled out late in a game in which the two teams clashed on outside shooting (4-of-23 3-pointers for the Sixers and 11-of-37 for the Jazz).
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