On April 11, Beijing time, as the alphabet brother determined the last rotation, the scoring champion battle this season also had a result: Embiid officially locked the scoring champion for the 2021-22 season. This is the first time embiid has become a scoring champion in his career, and the AMERICAN media StatMuse has posted a number of miracles created by Embiid winning the scoring king: he is the first center scorer after O'Neal, the first international player to score, and the first center to average less than 40 minutes per game but contribute 30 points.
The last center-forward scorer was O'Neal in 1999-2000. Data experts pointed out that the scoring champions of the next 21 seasons were not center players. It's related to changes in the game of basketball, with 20 of the NBA's top 30 scoring champions being won by centers.
So far this season, Embiid has averaged 30.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, after US media data showed that even if Embiid played in the Pistons today and scored zero, Alphabet Brother must score 47 points to become the scoring champion. If Embiid is suspended in the final round, Alphabet Brother will have to score 78 points to become the scoring champion. Everything settled with the alphabet brother no longer playing, embiid locked the honor of scoring king in advance.
In addition to becoming the first NBA leading scorer born outside the United States, Embiid was the first center to average more than 30 points per game since Moses Malone in the 1981-82 season. Embiid also became the leading scorer with the fewest average playing time per game since the introduction of offensive time limits in the 1954-55 season. Embiid averaged just 33.8 minutes per game, breaking Curry's previous record of 34.2 minutes in 2015-16 and last season.
So far this season, Embiid has played in 68 regular season games, including 40+, 13 40+, and one with 50 points. His scoring average also set a career-high, having previously recorded 28.5 points last season.