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Joel Embiid, last season’s most valuable player, played an impressive game in the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Tuesday night, scoring 70 points and setting a new Philadelphia 76ers club record.
The “76ers” defeated the San Antonio “Spurs” at home 133:123 (34:35, 28:23, 42:31, 29:34) and thus secured their sixth win in a row.
With 70 points, Embiid surpassed the 76ers’ scoring record, which was set in 1967 by basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain with 68 points. He also became the ninth basketball player in league history to score at least 70 points in a single game.
“Chamberlain has accomplished absolutely everything in the history of this league and the history of basketball in general. To be mentioned in the same discussion with him is something impressive,” said Embiid after the game, who finished the game with 70 points and 18 rebounds and five assists – such strong statistics in the NBA has never been recorded in history. “It was a great evening. I’ve mentioned many times that my teammates are very unselfish and kept passing me one ball after another.”
It’s telling that Embiid played the most productive game of his career on the day Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in an NBA game in 2006.
18 years after Kobe’s historic 81-point game, Joel Embiid has reached his career high in points 👏 pic.twitter.com/7fyuhl0ltL
– ESPN (@espn) January 23, 2024
During the game, Embiid made 24 of 41 shots and 21 of 23 free throws. He reached the 70-point mark with 1:41 minutes left in the game. The center only made one mistake during the game. Embiid already had 24 points after the first quarter and 59 after three quarters played.
Embiid is having a great season, averaging 36.1 points per game, three points more than last season when the center won the MVP award. He had already been the most productive player in the NBA in the previous two years.
Meanwhile, last year’s NBA draft pick Viktor Vembanjam had a solid game for the Spurs, posting 33 points and seven rebounds.
Karl-Anthony Towns also had a career-high 62 points on Tuesday night, but that didn’t help the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 125-128 (34-32, 35-32, 38-28, 18-36) win over the Charlotte “Hornet.” “.
Towns tied the single-game record by a new Minnesota club. With 60 points, it was previously his too. Although he only took two out of ten shots in the decisive quarter, the home team also lost this quarter with 18:36 and had to accept a defeat in the entire game.
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