In an NBA regular season game that ended this morning, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 115-109 on the road to avoid a losing streak. As the star of the house, Embiid played a heroic role, appearing for 32 minutes, shooting 16 of 32, scoring a game-high 38 points with a 50% shooting rate, in addition to 12 rebounds and 6 assists, the data shows that when Embiid was on the floor, the 76ers netted 8 points against the opponent, with a plus-minus of the highest value in the game.
Counting this game, Embiid has played 35 times for the team this season, averaging 28.7 points, 10.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 49.8% from the field and 39% from three-point range. Among them, the average score per game, assists per game, three-point shooting rate and many other data have created new career highs.
Since entering 2022, the 27-year-old All-Star center has been particularly good, averaging 33.8 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 11 games, and the overall shooting rate is as high as 55.3%, of which 33.8 points per game are the best in the league in the same period.
In the past 17 games of the 76ers, Embiid has scored at least 30 points on 15 occasions, and in the last three games, he has accumulated a staggering 128 points, 37 rebounds and 14 assists, averaging 42.3 points, 12.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.
Embiid was not surprised by his fiery offensive form, saying in an interview with the media: "Yes, because I believe in myself. I've always believed in that, especially in the last two or three years when I've become a well-rounded player and I've improved on the offensive end. I believe I can be one of the best or best scorers in the league. ”
In addition, Embiid also mentioned his teammate Simmons in the interview, who has not played for the team so far this season due to emotional problems. Embiid thinks he's more free in attacking and defensive transitions this season, and in the last few years they've had a guy who's good at offensive and defensive conversions (Simmons) and the ball has to be in his hands.
There is no doubt that Embiid's recent hot form has almost helped him lock in the next issue of the best of the week, but for him, a week's best may be far from satisfying the appetite. His eyes have long been locked on the biggest personal honor of the season - the regular season MVP; although this season's MVP battle presents a situation of competition, including Alphabet Brother, Durant, Curry, Jokic and others are considered to have the possibility of winning, but the recent hot embiid has become a super dark horse in this competition, especially considering that the 76ers are currently only 2.5 wins away from the Heat, the first team in the East, he really has the possibility of overtaking in the corner.