On April 10, Beijing time, in Philadelphia's victory over the Pacers, Embiid cut 41 points and 20 boards on 14 of 17, becoming the fifth player in NBA history to send 40 points and 20 boards with at least 80% shooting. The regular season will come to an end tomorrow, and before the playoffs arrive, Embiid can say that he has adjusted his offensive state to the best mode. Since entering April, Embiid has played in a total of 6 games, averaging 37.7 points per game and shooting 59.2%, and after today's game, the emperor has basically locked in the scoring champion.
With his crazy performances in recent games, Embiid's average score per game has improved to 30.6 points per game, as a center, what level is this score in the history of center forwards?
As you can see, Embiid's 30.6 points can rank 14th in the history of centers, and in the top 13, Chamberlain alone occupies 7 seats. The last center in the NBA to win the leading score was O'Neal in 2000, and the emperor was about to break the embarrassing record of 22 years of no-scoring kings in the center.
The last center to average embiid was Moses Malone in 1981-82, 40 years ago, but Moses Malone didn't get the top scorer that season. The last center to score embiid and win the top scorer was Bob McAdow in the 75-76 season, farther away.
Embiid proved himself to be another center with excellent scoring ability, but there is an unfavorable statistic, the NBA's scoring champions in the past 21 years have not been able to win the championship that season, I wonder if Embiid can reach the top this year?