Beijing time on January 19, the NBA regular season continued, the 76ers won 123-110 at home to the Magic, the first quarter of this battle the two teams also played difficult to score, at the end of the half, the Magic even unexpectedly led 57-47 by 10 points, but in the third quarter, the 76ers played a wave of opponents in a single quarter 47-23, and did not let the opponent catch up after the rebound.
In this game, Embiid dominated the game.
Embiid showed an extremely hot hand from the beginning of the first quarter, 8 of 10 in a single quarter, with 20 points and 5 rebounds.
In the third quarter of the 76ers' counterattack, Embiid took over again, once again 8 of 10 in a single quarter, with 23 points and 5 rebounds, you know, this quarter the Magic team only scored 23 points.
In the end, Embiid shot a total of 17 of 23, 1 of 4 from three-point range, 15 of 17 from the free throw line, cut 50 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists and 1 steal, and his plus-minus on the court reached +24, the highest on the team, in other words, Embiid was not present for 21 minutes, and the 76ers lost 11 points to the Magic.
After this game, Embiid became the fifth player to play 50+ in a single game this season, and it was also the second time embiid's career 50+ that he had 50 points and 17 rebounds in a game against the Bulls last season, and looking at Philadelphia history, only he and Chamberlain have done 50 points and 10 rebounds in a single game.
Importantly, embiid played such a performance, and it only took 27 minutes in total, what is the concept of efficiency?
In terms of points per minute (at least 50 points), Embiid can rank eighth in history in this game:
1. 2.08 points — Oxlade-Chamberlain 100 points, 48 minutes
2. 2.07 points — Thompson 60 points, 29 minutes
3. 1.96 points — Thompson 52 points, 27 minutes
4. 1.96 points — Harden 60 points, 31 minutes
5, 1.93 points — Kobe Bryant 81 points, 42 minutes
6, 1.91 points — George Gervin 63 points, 33 minutes
7, 1.89 points — Bryant 62 points, 33 minutes
8, 1.85 points — Embiid 50 points, 27 minutes
In fact, Embiid's scoring efficiency has always been extremely high, if you calculate the total career points and the total number of playing minutes, Embiid scored 0.81 points per minute, which exceeds Jordan (0.79 points), Durant (0.74 points), Harden (0.72 points), James (0.71 points), Curry (0.71 points).
Back in the season, Embiid is now playing MVP-level performances.
So far, Embiid has played in 33 games, averaging 28.0 points, 10.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 blocks, 1.1 steals, 49.4%/37.5%/81.7% of the three shooting rates, and a true shooting rate of 61.2%, and only he, Alphabet Brother, and Jokic are in the top ten in the league at the same time.
Among them, in the past 12 games, Embiid's state is even more explosive, he has a total of 11 times to win 30+ (the only game 25 points almost three quarters to clock out), can average 33.3 points, 10.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, scoring the league first in the same period, while his shooting percentage increased to 56.8%, the true shooting rate of 67.4%, 76ers during this period of 10-2 losses.
For the 76ers, the importance of Embiid needs no question:
— Embiid was on the floor, the 76ers scored 113.3 points/105.6 points per 100 possessions, a net win of 7.7 points
Embiid was not present, and the 76ers scored 106.5 points/109.6 points per 100 possessions, net minus 3.0 points
Although only 33 games were played, Embiid's cumulative plus-minus was +170, the number first in the team.
Embiid once played MVP second in the last season, but eventually lost to Jokic because of too few appearances, this season, because of Simmons' absence, the 76ers record was once affected, but as the season progressed, Embiid was getting better and better, and the 76ers record gradually picked up, currently 26-18, ranking fifth in the East, only 2.5 wins away from the Bulls (28 wins and 15 losses) in the East
Embiid is fourth in the latest issue of the MVP list, and if the 76ers can finally break into the top two in the East, then Embiid's probability of getting MVP will increase greatly, maybe it can fulfill last season's regrets - in the past two years, the topic of who is the first C in the league has never stopped discussing, but if Embiid can get MVP, then at least this season, who is the first C is very clear.