Joel Embiid It’s hard to stop any night of the season, but when it’s motivated to send a messagethis task takes on shades of nightmare. This is how the Denver Nuggets discovered it a few days ago, in a personal duel with Nikola Nokic and also the San Antonio Spurs this Monday, on a night in which he seemed to go deeper than usual in his first confrontation against Victor Wembanyama that ended in a historic record.
Not only Philadelphia won 133-123but Embiid also had a performance that was simply highwayphysically dominating over and over again Wemby -and the rest of San Antonio- in the paint. The one born in Cameroon finished with 70 points in 36 minutes, in addition to 18 rebounds and 5 assists.
Thanks a lot. pic.twitter.com/64EpocFK5w
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) January 23, 2024
So impressive was Embiid’s performance that he already had 34 points at halftime and nothing less than 59! at the end of the third, equaling at that time the highest score of his career. In the fourth quarter, it took him just seconds from his re-entry to the match to break the 60-point mark for the first time in his professional life.
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Los 70 points from Embiid They represent a new maximum mark, not only for the Sixers’ interior career, but also for 2023-2024 in general: the ceiling for now belonged to Giannis Antetokounmpowho had noted 64 units against Indiana Pacers in December.
In turn, Embiid’s score establishes a new franchise brand for the 76erstaking into account that on all the occasions in which Chamberlain reached 70 points or more, including his historic 100 against the Knicks, it was playing for the Warriors, during his years in Philadelphia and San Francisco. The Sixers’ record was 68owned by Wilt himself, against the Chicago Bulls in 1967.
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Embiid is the first player to score at least 70 points since Damian Lillard turned 71 in February 2023, during a Trail Blazers vs. Rockets. The Philadelphia star joins Lillard, Wilt Chamberlain, Devin Booker, Donovan Mitchell, David Robinson, Elgin Baylor, David Thompson and Kobe Bryant as the only ones in history to pass that barrier. It is worth remembering that the limit for Michael Jordan was 69 units.
CAREER-HIGH: TIED ✔️ pic.twitter.com/dr6Aj8XyYG
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) January 23, 2024
Wembanyama was able to show all his enormous talent in attack: 33 points in just 28 minutes. Although of course, the night will remain as an affirmation and a reminder of everything he must improve in this incipient stretch of his career, especially from a physical point of view. On this occasion, he witnessed the story that Embiid made.
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2024-01-23 02:35:31
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