On January 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Philadelphia easily defeated the Rockets 111-91 and won 7 consecutive wins! In this game, the strength gap between the two sides is large, and Philadelphia leads by 19 points in the third quarter of the game, basically locking in the victory. Embiid blasted down 31 points, 8 boards and 6 assists, becoming the number one contributor to the team's victory. In this campaign, Embiid made 13 of 13 free throws and only one three-point shot. The big man of 2 meters 13 also seems very promising to compete for this season's "one-point king".
The game was lackluster, and Embiid's performance continued the recent momentum, scoring 31 points with just 16 shots. After this campaign, Embiid scored 30+ in nine consecutive away games, surpassing Iverson to take the first place in the history of the team. In addition, Embiid has already shot 30+ in 7 consecutive games, just one step away from the team's record of 8 consecutive 30+. With Simmons not playing, Embiid has turned Philadelphia into a single-man team of his own.
Another worth mentioning is Embiid's free throw. He made 13 of 13 free throws and hit 100 percent of the field. Counting this game, Embiid has won double-digit free throw opportunities in nine of his last 10 games. Embiid's most free throw chances this season are 21. Counting these 13 free throw hits, Embiid's number of free throws this season has reached 240, second only to The Alphabet Brother, once again surpassing Harden.
In the NBA, there is no such thing as a free throw king, but the number of free throws represents whether a player is tough or not. This season, Embiid has been on the free throw line 295 times, averaging more than 10 free throws per game and shooting 80.5 percent from the field. Compared with today's more NBA interior line began to shoot frequently on the outside line, embiid, a big man with outside ability, still focuses on the inside line, which is still relatively rare.
Today, Philadelphia has won seven consecutive games and is out of the slump of the beginning of the season. If Simmons is traded out in time to get some immediate power chips, Philadelphia still has a chance to try to break out of the East this season. Now their biggest problem is to get rid of Simmons' baggage!