Beijing time on March 8, the 76ers sat at their home to usher in a showdown with the Bulls, although the opponent has ushered in a strong rebound this season, has become the top four in the East, but the 76ers who sit on embiid and Harden, the two superstars, are not afraid, and achieved a 6-point lead in the first half, even if the second half is easy to fight again, the 76ers still firmly suppress the opponent, and finally won the Bulls 121-106 without bloodshed, and this game faced the Bulls' weak penalty area, Embiid also showed full dominance In this campaign, he started 36 minutes, shot 15 of 27, scored 43 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, filled the data column at the same time, +14 plus or minus is also proud of the whole team, can be said to be the biggest contributor to the team's victory.
In this way, Embiid has not tasted defeat in the 11 career games against the Bulls, and it seems that he is the absolute nemesis of the Bulls, specializing in slaughtering bulls. And this game is also the 10th time embiid has won 40+10 statistics this season, so that he still has a chance to win in the battle with Jokic about MVP. In yesterday's game with the Nuggets, Jokic had a big triple-double of 46 points, 12 rebounds and 111 assists, and today in a game with the Warriors, Jokic once again cut a triple-double, which seems to show his ambition to defend his MVP this season.
As early as last season, the MVP competition became the "double hegemony" of Embiid and Jokic, the two sides had been alternately leading in the MVP rankings at that time, but unfortunately Embiid suffered a knee contusion in the middle of the season, missed many games in succession, and finally unfortunately fell behind, allowing Jokic to "grab" the MVP trophy in the past, and this season Embiid does not seem to have any intention of giving up the competition for MVP, even at the beginning of the season, his state is not ideal, but with the deepening of the season, Embiid has also rediscovered his "great" nature, allowing his name to be in the top two positions in the MVP rankings in recent issues, and even surpassed Jokic at one point not long ago to top the list.
As of now, Embiid averaged a career-best 29.7 points, 11.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.4 blocks, and Jokic averaged 25.8 points, 13.8 rebounds, 8 assists, 1.4 steals per game, both sides have their own strengths, no difference, but MVP's selection criteria are not just to look at the data, it is also an important selection criterion in terms of leading the team record, the 76ers are currently in second place in the East with a record of 40 wins and 24 losses, but Jokic's Nuggets are only 38 wins and 26 losses, temporarily ranking sixth in the West.
Therefore, Embiid is indeed slightly better than Jokic in terms of average points per game or team performance, in the case of the last 18 games left in the team, as long as Embiid does not have injuries, healthy and healthy after the game, and can continue to maintain such a stable output as it is now, thanks to the team's excellent record, Embiid is very hopeful to defeat Jokic and win the first MVP trophy of his career.
Of course, for Jokic, it is not without a chance to defend the title, the Nuggets in the future schedule is relatively easy, in addition to the Warriors, 76ers, Suns, Grizzlies these opponents are more difficult, the rest of the opponents are relatively mediocre, and the March 15 and 76ers that game, I am afraid it is also a watershed that determines the ownership of MVP, if that game who can deliver more eye-catching data, and lead the team to victory, then this person will most likely lock the MVP of this season.