Facing Victor Wembanyama, who was quite competitive before the game and who constantly faced him during the game, Sixers center ace Joel Embiid was on fire from the first quarter, scoring 70 points in the game , setting a new record in Sixers history in a single game He scored a new high and became the ninth player in NBA history to score 70 points. He helped the 76ers pull away from the Spurs and win six games in a row.
Perhaps as early as the first half, there were already some signs of everything.
Sixers center Joel Embiid faced the Spurs today, but before the game he made a surprised expression when he saw the Spurs’ top pick Victor Wembanyama, who was taller than him, seemingly amazed by the height of this underachiever, but he came on the court with Starting from scoring 24 points in the first quarter, he showed that his touch tonight was absolutely incredible. The Spurs, whose original defense was at the bottom of the league and whose interior defense was even worse, seemed completely incapable of resisting Embiid.
Even after returning to the court after a break in the second quarter, Embiid still scored consistently, scoring 34 points in the first half. Embiid was the only player on the Sixers to score in double figures in the first half, and he was able to compete with a stable output today. Wembanyama and Devin Vassell, Embiid “stepped up” in the third quarter, scoring another 35 points in one quarter. game with jumpers, which set a new record.His personal single-game scoring record this season, Embiid hit a jumper from a 45-degree angle from the left three-point line before the gun sounded in the third quarter, accumulating 59 points , already tied his record against the Jazz on November 13, 2022. Career single game record.
In other words, every point in the fourth quarter can be set as a new single game high for Embiid. He prayed for almost half of the quarter before being replaced on the court with 6 minutes and 38 seconds left in the game, but he scored immediately after coming on Bo stepped up to the free throw line, and after making the first free throw, set a new career scoring record and reached the 60-point mark for the first time in his career, tied Allen Iverson’s 60 points on February 12, 2005, and became the first team member of the Sixers. The third player in history to score 60 points, Embiid added 11 points in the fourth quarter. Embiid made two free throws in the final minute and 57 seconds into the game, tying Wilt Chamberlain’s 57-year team record scoring record of 68 points. Embiid then scored a left-handed layup in the next wave of offense, setting a new record in Sixers history and becoming the ninth player in history NBA to score 70 points in one game.
Embiid was replaced in the last 1 minutes and 22 seconds, and received the cheers of the fans.. His single-game scoring stopped at 70, and became the record holder for the highest single-game scoring in the history of the Sixers. In total, he made 24 of 41 field goals and 24 free throws, 21 of 23, 18 rebounds and 5 assists. The number of shots and hits also set career highs. Although only Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Tobias Harris scored in double figures for the Sixers, they still defeated the Spurs 133:123 in the end and won their sixth consecutive victory.
The NBA single game scoring records are as follows:
Player Date Team Score Opponent Wilt Chamberlain 1962.3.2 Philadelphia Warriors New York Knicks 100 Kobe Bryant 2006.1.22 Los Angeles Lakers Toronto Raptors 81 Wilt Chamberlain 1961.12.8 Philadelphia Warriors Los Angeles Lakers 78 Wilt Chamberlain 1937 Chicago Warriors Wilt Chamberlain 1937 Chicago Warriors Wilt Chamberlain 1937 .1962.11.16 San Francisco Warriors New York Knicks 73 David Thompson 1978.4.9 Denver Nuggets Detroit Pistons 73 Wilt Chamberlain 1962.11.3 San Francisco Warriors Los Angeles Lakers 72 Elgin Baylor 1960.11.15 Los Angeles Lakers99 New York Knicks 73 . Antonio Spurs Los Angeles Clippers 71 Donavan Mitchell 2023.1.2 Cleveland Cavaliers Chicago Bulls 71 Damian Lillard 2023.2.26 Portland Trail Blazers Houston Rockets 71 Wilt Chamberlain 1963.3.10 San Francisco Warriors Syracuse Nationals 70 Devin Booker .2017 Celtic Sun 3 Phoenix . Embiid 2024.1.22 Philadelphia 76ers San Antonio Spurs 70
Embiid set the NBA’s single game scoring record this season, just one point shy of tying the 71 points set by Mitchell and Lillard last season. Today is the 18th anniversary of late star Kobe Bryant’s 81 point game . After today, Embiid’s average rating this season has increased to 36.1 If it continues, he will be the fourth player in the last 55 years to average more than 35 points. The first three are James Harden in the 2018-19 season and 2005 – Kobe Bryant in 2006 and Michael Jordan in 1986-87.
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