The most number of points scored by 76ers Star Joel Embiid in a match
Sunday night turned out as a sweet spoon for the 76ers fans with their 131 to 113 win over Charlotte Hornets.
Joel Embiid who has been a regular part of the NBA All-Star team since 2018, and pulled out a great performance last Sunday. Not only he achieved it was a great night for him but also he became the first player in the NBA this season to achieve this 50 points mark for the second time.
The 7ft became just the third player in Sixers history to have multiple 50-point games in the same season, joining Allen Iverson (2000-01 and 2004-05) and Wilt Chamberlain (1965-66 and 1967-68). The home crowd applauded the Cameroon international with the MVP chants.
76ers VS Hornets Players Statements
Joel marked his words mentioning how happy he was for the team winning against the Charlotte’s, “We won,” Embiid said. ‘‘It’s good to do that when you win. … I’m just happy that I’m contributing when we are winning.”
The 2018 MVP Harden also marked Embiids performance and praised him by saying ”He was in attack mode for the entire game,” Harden said. ”He made scoring look easy tonight. He was aggressive getting to the basket and his jumper was falling.” James himself had an impactful game with 19 points and 16 assists.
Steve Clifford who is leading Hornets as a head coach appreciated his team’s performance, ”We had good intent tonight,” Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. ”The first six or seven minutes of the game, we had good defence. Our transition defence was a problem tonight and we have to fix that. Besides Joel, that was the story of the first half. But we did a lot of good things.”
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