On January 20, Beijing time, an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Philadelphia 76ers faced the Magic team with the record of the East at home! Both teams played very hard in the first two and a half quarters, with the 76ers starting to take the lead at the end of the third quarter, and a wave of the final quarter took the game to victory, and finally won 123-110 against the Magic.
In this game, Bamba played the strongest game of his career, scoring 32 points on 7-of-8 three-point shooting, and his previous career record was only 22 points, which was greatly refreshed. But unexpectedly, Embiid was more ferocious, and Embiid only played 27 minutes in the whole game, hitting 17 goals in 23 shots, shooting 15 of 17 free throws, and bombing 50 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.
Among them, 20 points in the first quarter, 23 points in the third quarter, plus-minus as high as +24, Embiid also set a number of records: 50 points in a single game to tie his career high; became the second player in the history of the team to cut 50 points + 10 rebounds multiple times, second only to Chamberlain; became the third 76ers player after Chamberlain and Iverson to cut 50+ multiple times; the first player in NBA history to play the shortest time, cut 50 points + 10 rebounds.
Speaking about his outstanding performance after the game, Embiid said: "I feel very good now, I just played my own style, played dominance, just like I did before. Of course my teammates and the coaching staff have helped me a lot, which feels great and I want to keep working hard. ”
76ers coach Rivers was even more appreciative of Embiid, saying: "He played an incredible performance at the beginning, it was really scary to score 50 points in 27 minutes, I always knew he was strong, but I didn't know he could be so strong, he was like a combination of Olajuwon + Garnett, and then he will continue to improve." ”
It is worth mentioning that in the past 12 games, Embiid has scored 30+ 11 times, the 76ers have a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, and this season Embiid has averaged 32.9 minutes per game, averaging 27.3 points + 10.5 rebounds + 4.2 assists + 1.3 blocks + 1.1 steals, and the three-point shooting rate has reached 38%, which is one of the contenders for MVP this season. But for the 76ers to go further this season, they still need to address Simmons' problems.