Joel Embiid had a night like few others have seen in NBA history between internal players. Especially when we discount this statistical anomaly called Wilt Chamberlain. the Cameroonian destroyed the Utah Jazz’s lightweight group of big men and led the Philadelphia 76ers to victory with 59 points! Of which 26 they arrived in the last quarter.
And as if that wasn’t enough, he also added 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 7 blocks, going 19-of-28 from the field and 20-24 on free throws. From a statistical point of view, there is no doubt that it is one of the representations most impressive in the league’s modern era.
In the seven-plus decades of NBA history, almost no other five pure interiors had reached this point with 59 points. withering chamberlain He did it no less than 52 times, while David Robinson (71), Shaquille O’Neal (61), George Mikan (61) and Carl Anthony Towns (60) did it once each.
If we add the assist factor, there is only one similar action: the player himself Chamberlain finished with 59 points and 9 assists in a San Francisco win against Philadelphia in 1964, just one season before being traded from the Warriors to the 76ers, where he would go on to set a franchise record that still stands (68 vs. Chicago in 1967).
The block area (7) also adds to Embiid’s legendary night. No one has ever added 59 points and 7 blocks (once they’ve been recorded, of course). The closest to that was a pair of 52 and 7’s made by Bob McAdoo (1974) and David Robinson (1993)playing for Buffalo and San Antonio, respectively.
In the last two games, at back to backEmbiid is piling on 101 pointsrecalling that he had just scored 42 against Atlanta. Numbers Wilteansin one of the cities where Chamberlain knew how to make his mark.
