In the 76ers' most recent game of 103-101 thrilling victory over the Kings, the team's inner core Embiid once again cut the all-around stats of 36 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, and it was with these 30+ points that Embiid's average of 29.13 points per game was slightly ahead of James's 29.08 points, rising to the second place in the league's scoring list, second only to Durant's average of 29.3 points per game. Embiid has played in 38 games this season and scored 1107 points, while James has played 36 games and scored 1047 points.
As the top scorer of the 76ers this season, Embiid's form did not suddenly become so hot, in the two months just beginning of the season, Embiid averaged only 20.5 and 25 points per game, but after escaping the slump, he began to build up in December, when he averaged 29.2 points per game and successfully won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award, and after entering January, Embiid still maintained a steady output, averaging 34 points per game, and in the Game of January 20, Embiid scored a season-high 50 points in only 27 minutes of playing time, which was extremely efficient.
Successive high-scoring output, but also let Embiid has quietly shortened the gap between himself and the scoring king Durant, to know that not long ago Embiid's average score per game is not even as good as the alphabet brother, Trae Young, but now and Durant is only 0.2 points apart, in view of the recent Durant in the injury stage, plus James is also because of the knee injury as a wall watch, Embiid wants to surpass Durant and open the gap with James, rush to the throne of the league's scoring king, it should only be a matter of time sooner or later. In the case of Simmons and the 76ers completely falling out this season, Embiid has also become the well-deserved core of the team, and he just reached a four-year 196 million maximum salary extension with the 76ers in the offseason last offseason, so this big explosion is also a reasonable thing.
Because embiid's rampage, but also made the 76ers' record in the recent period to rise, they are currently in the East with a record of 30 wins and 19 losses temporarily ranked third in the East, second only to the Bulls, The Heat, and only 1.5 wins away from the first place Heat, if Embiid continues to be in such a fiery offensive state, the 76ers are not impossible to rank among the leading thrones in the East, if in the case of Simmons, they can also sit in the East (last season was the first place in the East), which will indeed make Simmons very embarrassed.
The team's rising record, coupled with the surge in Embiid's personal data, not only has a chance to win the league's top scorer, but also may round his regrets last year this season and win the first MVP trophy of his career. Last season, Embiid scored the best 28.5 points of his career at that time under the full tutelage of Rivers, and if it were not for a knee injury in the middle of the way, his MVP award would not have been "crossed by Jokic". But this season Embiid staged a "low open high" plot, which suddenly broke out in December, allowing his scoring to continue to rise, and indeed did not live up to the team's full trust in him.
I believe that for Embiid, his goal is not only to surpass Durant and become the league's scoring champion, but to lead the 76ers to shame this season and strive to rush out of the East as much as possible this year, of course, if he can win the coveted MVP trophy for himself, it is naturally the best.