All-Star, Embiid and Alphabet Brother have all been named to the All-Star starters this season, the fifth consecutive year they've both been named to the All-Star starting lineup at the same time.
Before All-Star Weekend, Alphabet Brother and Embiid both played very well, both averaging at least 29 points and 11 rebounds per game before All-Star Weekend, Embiid averaging 29.6 points, 11.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and Alphabet Brother averaging 29.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 6 assists per game.
It is worth mentioning that before last season's All-Star Weekend, Embiid and Alphabet Brother also averaged at least 29 points and 11 rebounds per game, Embiid averaged 30.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, and Alphabet Brother averaged 29 points, 11.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.
Embiid and Alphabet averaged at least 29 points and 11 rebounds ahead of All-Star Weekend for two consecutive seasons, and the last pair to do just that was Abdul-Abd and Bob McAdoo in the 74-75 season, and it's been almost 50 years now.
In the last game before the All-Star, Alphabet Brother and Embiid had just exchanged hands once, and both of them played very powerfully, Embiid slashed 42 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists, and Alphabet Brother had a quasi-triple-double of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, and finally Embiid led the 76ers to beat Alphabet Brother's Bucks by 3 points.
Before the All-Star, the 76ers were third in the East with 35 wins and 23 losses, and the Bucks were fifth in the East with 36 wins and 24 losses, although the two teams ranked differently, but there was no win difference, and the rankings could change later. In addition, the 76ers and Bucks are only 2.5 wins away from the first place in the East, and are expected to hit the first place in the East.
Alphabet Brother and Embiid are both popular candidates for MVP this season, and are currently at the top of the MVP list, both of them have the hope of getting MVP this season, and who can finally get MVP between the two of them is difficult to conclude from the performance before the All-Star, but also depends on how the performance after the All-Star is.