On January 22, Beijing time, the Philadelphia team lost to the Clippers 101-102 at home. In this game, Philadelphia took the lead in the score for most of the time, and at most it was 24 points ahead of the opponent, and the advantage was still very obvious. However, in the final quarter, Philadelphia played sluggishly, and could not limit the Clippers' performance on the defensive end, and the team lost 11 points in the final quarter, and finally the team also lost to the opponent by 1 point, and had no chance to win. The Clippers scored in double figures with seven players, and they successfully completed a 24-point reversal.
In this game, Philadelphia's core Embiid can be described as a full force, he started the game with 36 minutes and 32 seconds, 15 of 25 shots, 3 of 3 three-pointers and 40 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. After just getting 50+12+2 in the last game, Embiid once again got 40+13+6 and got at least 40+10 in two consecutive games, which is also very rare in Embiid's career.
In addition, Embiid has had at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in five games this season, which is the second most in his career, after 6 times in the 18-19 season. Embiid scored 40 points again, which is also the 12th time in his last 13 games that he has scored 30+ points, and this season he has 30+ points in 19 games, ranking second in the league, losing only 20 games to James, and he is very strong.
And how efficient Embiid's offense is, the data shows that since entering 2022, Embiid's average score per game is as high as 33.4 points, which has exceeded his average playing time per game (31.1 minutes), that is, Embiid can score every minute, such offensive performance is among the top among all players this season.
It can be said that Embiid played the best performance of his career this season, and in the case of Simmons refusing to represent the team, Embiid alone carried the banner of the team's progress, and he showed his dominance in the game, and performed better on both offensive and defensive ends. In many games, Embiid can easily score 30+ points in less than 30 minutes of playing time. Previously, he had scored 50 points in only 27 minutes of playing, and his personal performance was very efficient.
Now Embiid has entered his peak period, the competitive state in the game is very good, although the team record is not too good to play, but Embiid has become a more outstanding team leader, in the game, the degree of impact on the team, while playing at key moments, Embiid's performance is not lost to any team core in the league.
According to the current performance of Embiid, he is very promising to impact the regular season MVP this season, and in the previously announced MVP candidate list, Embiid has risen to the third place, behind Jokic and Alphabet Brother. It is worth mentioning that Embiid's team has a better record than Jokic, and it is only one win behind the Bucks of alphabet brothers, and the gap is very small. If Embiid's form can be stabilized and improve the team's record in subsequent games, then he will receive the regular season MVP of the season, which is really promising.