Today, the Philadelphia 76ers played an NBA regular season game with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers are not bad, although they only rank 7th in the East, but they are less than 4 wins away from the 76ers in the 4th place in the East.
In this game, the Cavaliers took off some key players in rotation, but still maintained enough competitiveness to play until the last minute to lose 108-112. On the 76ers' side, Embiid was so powerful that he crushed the Cavaliers with unparalleled attack power.
Embiid exploded with 44 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks in the game, which was really sharp. Embiid became the first player in NBA history to have at least 40 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks in a single game and hit 3 three-pointers. In addition, Embiid has scored more than 30 points in a single game for 111 times in his career, rising to the 5th in the 76ers' history.
Embiid has scored at least 40 points and 10 rebounds for the 11th time this season, the third-most 40+10 player in a single season since the ABA and NBA merged in 1976, behind Westbrook in 2016-17 (12) and Moses Malone in 1981-82 (12).
After today's game, the 76ers have officially locked up a playoff spot without having to play the playoffs. In this way, Harden has reached a record: he has reached the playoffs in all 13 of his 13 NBA seasons so far, and is the first person in the NBA to play in the game. Even James, Curry and Durant have no way of ensuring they make the playoffs every season of their careers.
Embiid's goal this season is to get the regular season MVP, and he also hopes to surpass James to get the season average scorer. Currently, Embiid is just 0.07 points away from James.