The NBA regular season competition continues, and the 76ers sit at home to face the Timberwolves, and this season the Timberwolves have completed the run-in of the twin towers, becoming the biggest dark horse in the West, ranking first in the league with a record of 20-5 before the game. On the other hand, in the case of Harden's forced departure at the beginning of the season, after the team introduced coach Nas, Embiid continued to perform at the MVP level, and with Maxey's further growth, the 76ers ranked third in the East with an 18-8 record before the game.
The Timberwolves started the game with a perfect 8-0 performance, and Philadelphia responded with consecutive points under the leadership of Embiid, chasing the score to 14 draws, plus a 7-0 attack wave in the middle of the quarter, and the 76ers led by 4 points at 28-24 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Philadelphia hit a 10-4 attack wave to stretch the margin to double digits, and the Timberwolves closed the gap in the middle of the quarter, and the Timberwolves still trailed by four points at 60-64 at halftime.
Embiid played an unsolvable offensive performance, and Philadelphia gradually extended its lead to double digits, and finally Philadelphia defeated the league's No. 1 Timberwolves under Embiid's leadership.
Embiid is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to Philadelphia's victory, and in the face of the Timberwolves Towns + Gobert, the "400 million twin towers" that shined this season, Embiid delivered an inexplicable performance.
He shot 17 of 25 from the field, and scored 51 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block with terrifying efficiency, almost single-handedly breaking the entire Timberwolves defense.
Embiid's 51 points set a season-high after Embiid's single-game high was 50 points against the Wizards on Dec. 7.
With such a performance, Embiid handed over at least 30 points and 10 rebounds in 12 consecutive games, which became the longest NBA record since 1972 when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (16 consecutive games 30+10).
And Embiid has handed over at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in three consecutive games, becoming the first person in 76ers history since Chamberlain in 1967.
In addition to Embiid, Maxey also performed well, playing 37 minutes, shooting 12-of-24 from the field, 5-of-12 from three-point range, and scoring 35 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.
Statistically, Maxey is also the Philadelphia barometer this season, with a 7-1 record when he hits 5+ three-pointers in a single game.
In fact, the Philadelphia role players were not in good shape in this game, and no one scored a double-double except for the two, but fortunately, Embiid and Maxey combined to score 86 points to overturn the league's No. 1 Timberwolves.
On the other hand, for the Timberwolves, Edwards did his best, playing 36 minutes in the game, shooting 9 of 20 and 2 of 6 three-pointers, with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
also almost gave away a top 10 ball of the year in the game, but unfortunately it was dunked away by Embiid.
Helplessly, the inside line Downs + Gobert, the pair of twin towers worth $400 million, was blown up, especially Gobert, who had shown absolute dominance before, was wantonly manipulated by Embiid, and only got 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals on 3-of-4 shooting.
In addition, Lee Kyle's role in this Timberwolves team is getting smaller and smaller, playing only 12 minutes in this game, scoring 2 points and 1 assist on 1-of-5 shooting, while also having 2 turnovers and losing again, plus Lee Kyle's three-point shooting rate has dropped to 10.5% this season, his prospects for the Timberwolves are becoming less and less optimistic.