On the evening in which it was 18 years since the 81 points scored by Kobe against the Raptors, Embiid pays homage to his idol by scoring 70, a new franchise record for Phila
Since last night it has become “adult” one of the greatest performances the NBA people have ever witnessed: the 81 points scored by Kobe Bryant against the Toronto Raptors in the match won by Lakers for 122-104 they represent a milestone in the history of American sport. Yesterday night, the one who started playing right after watching a Kobe game (but it was 2010: in 2006 he was completely unaware of its existence) he signed 70 in the Philadelphia Sixers’ 133-123 win over the San Antonio Spurs, new franchise record. That man calls Joel Embiidand if he was looking for a way to pay homage to his basketball idol, well, he chose a truly original one.
Embiid and yet another stellar regular season
Without Kobe there would never have been Joeland it’s nice to know that since yesterday there is one more thread that unites them. Embiid It’s certainly no surprise: MVP of the past regular seasonin the breach for a decade now (in less than two months it will blow out 30 candles), is traveling at excellent averages also in the current season, dreaming of bringing back Phila to play for that ring that has been missing in the city of brotherly love for 41 seasons.
It’s difficult to do more than that: Averaged 35 points per night, with 11 rebounds and 6 assists. And tonight against the Spurs of the young man of the flesh, in what was supposed to be the challenge between two modern centers still destined to mark pages of stories, the scene was taken entirely by the veteran of the Sixers. Which after three quarters of the race he had already reached altitude 59 points, retouching his career high. To this he also added 18 reboundshowever, overshadowing the young man’s proof of absolute value Victor, author of 33 points.
Higher than Chamberlain: “But only in this statistic…”
Embiid is no stranger to certain performances, but this one really surpasses them all. He found the net 24 times out of the 41 shots attempted, with a triple from two off-target shots (by his own admission, some quite easy, complaining that it could have further increased his tally), he made 21 of the 23 free throws that Spurs they conceded to him, he recovered a ball (matching the lost one) and scored 5 assists and a dunk. He was dominant as only he can bedeserving a place in the Olympus of the greats of Phila.
“Being approached by Wilt Chamberlain it’s just crazy. He won a lot, he was the essence of the game, so I think I still have a long way to go to be considered on his level, but at least in this statistic I know I can do it and I’m happy. It was an incredible night: I kept scoring and my teammates, who are very altruistic, understood that any ball coming out of my hands could go in. PI told them to pass me the ball only if they saw me free. I never thought I’d take 40 shots, but it happened and I’m happy.”
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Towns rewrites the records, but the Wolves throw themselves away in the final
That there was something magical in the air that night it celebrated exactly 18 years since Kobe’s monster game against the Raptors this was also confirmed by the evidence offered by Karl Anthony Towns, than in the knockout. of the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Charlotte Hornets he scored a lot of points 62. An unexpected defeat for the team currently at the top Western Conference, gained in the final minutes due to a sensational fourth period of 18-36 after which for long stretches Towns and teammates led the score, also because KAT scored 44 of his 62 points on the night before the long break.
Unlike Embiid, Towns found plenty of shots from beyond the arc (10/15), while he was decidedly more inaccurate in the area (11/20). However, he has shown that he himself can be a factor in this version of Minnesota which, net of the incredible turnaround suffered against the Hornets, remains one of the big surprises of this first half of the regular season.
Night of stars: Durante turns the Bulls around, triple double for Giannis
The last time two players scored more than 60 points on the same night was 1978, by the work of David Thompson (78) e George Gervin (63), and no active player had yet been born. But that this was a different night from the others can also be seen from other box scores: Kevin Durant turned Chicago around (also ahead by 23 points) scoring the decisive basket in the Suns win 115-113, of which 43 scored by KD. Who in the press conference offered a fabulous meme base after learning of the 70 points of Embiid, literally rolling my eyes.
Also Jayson Tatum didn’t want to be outdone: 39 points scored in the success of Celtics in the house of Mavericks, dove Luka Doncic he “stopped” at 33 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo instead gave himself a triple double in the victory of Bucks in the house of Detroit: 31 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists for the Greek. Eighth win in a row for the Cleveland Cavalierscon Sam Merrill who signs 26 (one more than Donovan Mitchell) in success on Orlando (18 points for Paolo Banchero).
2024-01-23 10:37:31
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