On January 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Wizards won 117-98 at home to Philadelphia. In the battle, the Wizards scored in double figures with a total of 7 players, and never fell behind except for the opponent at the beginning of 2-0, and fully occupied the initiative on the field until the end of the game. In the end, the Wizards managed to win a big victory at home.
On the Philadelphia side, although they lost miserably on the road, Embiid's performance was still remarkable. He scored 14 points in the third quarter and contributed 30 points in the first three quarters. Helpless to face the five people with two fists, his single strength has never been able to save the team's decline. In the final quarter, after only two minutes on the field, Philadelphia could not see the score and finally announced that it would give up the game. Embiid played 29 minutes and 18 seconds, and the data was frozen at 32 points and 8 rebounds.
Embiid once again set 3 major individual records in this game.
First of all, according to statistics, Embiid has scored 30+ points in 11 consecutive away games, continuing to set a new personal record and a new record in Philadelphia history. In this way, he successfully equaled the record set by Jordan in 1996, becoming the fourth person in history. He is ahead of Harden's 18 (18 years), Maddy's 12 (02-03) and Jordan's 12 (86-87), and as long as he gets 30+ again in the next away game, he will tie the record of Maddy and Jordan.
Second, this is Embiid's 17th 30+ performance of the season. He managed to tie the 17-time 30+ of the season with Alphabet Brother, ranking second in the league, behind James' 19.
Third, Embiid averaged 30.9 points per game after entering January, the highest in the league.
In the latest MVP rankings released last week, Embiid finished 4th for two consecutive weeks, beating players such as DeRozan and Curry. With durant in the top three, Durant, who continues to perform well and is plagued by injuries, if he can continue to win in the near future, Embiid is expected to further improve his ranking in the future. Embiid was in the top two of the MVP campaign last year, but unfortunately suffered an injury in the middle of the season and was ultimately unable to compete with Jokic to the end, and he is bound to make a comeback this season.
With Simmons consistently absent, Embiid showed absolute schedule dominance, leading the team to win games. He was firmly in the top 3 of the frontcourt players in the previous All-Star Vote. Philadelphia is currently just three wins away from the Bulls at the top of the Eastern Conference, and Embiid is expected to lead the team to a higher ranking in the future.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)