Embiid ties Kareem, america30-10 flee to 13 straight

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid played thru an ankle injury to push his 30-10 trudge to 13 video games, finishing with 31 aspects and 10 rebounds within the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 121-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

Embiid scored all 31 aspects after landing awkwardly attempting to block a shot with 5:25 left within the first quarter.

The 30-10 trudge is the longest within the NBA since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it for 16 straight video games in 1971-72. Dazzling two other gamers in league historic past non-public recorded 30 aspects and 10 rebounds in as a minimal 13 straight — Elgin Baylor (15 straight in 1961-62) and Wilt Chamberlain (six completely different times).

Embiid also scored 30 aspects or more in 14 straight video games, potentially the most within the NBA since James Harden had a 32-game flee in 2018-19.

By device of the 25 video games he’s played this season, the principal person giant man has accrued some gaudy numbers. Of existing:

• He’s the first participant to legend 850 aspects, 250 rebounds and 150 assists thru his first 25 video games.

• He’s the first participant to ranking 30-plus aspects in 20 of his first 25 video games since Michael Jordan in 1986-87.

• He’s the fourth participant to common 1 point per minute in as a minimal 25 video games within the shot-clock generation, becoming a member of Chamberlain, Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Embiid had an early fright Friday. He temporarily went to the locker room after scoring actual two aspects within the first quarter however returned within the 2nd and had 11 aspects at halftime.

“I seen that I wasn’t being aggressive,” Embiid acknowledged. “But then I let the game come to me. I did not pressure photographs and within the third quarter I used to be once in a position to ranking a pair of photographs to plug.”

The reigning NBA MVP was once noticeably hobbling and winced periodically and favored his honest actual leg, however it did not sluggish him within the 2nd half of. He also had 9 assists and 4 blocks.

Embiid did not desire to chat about his ankle after the game.

“I construct not know,” he acknowledged. “I will ranking it checked out. We will see.”

Philadelphia coach Slash Nurse confirmed that it was once an ankle injury however did not supply device more.

“Clearly, he stayed within the game and it did not alternate his rotation at all,” Nurse acknowledged. “But he played thru it and I’m blooming decided he’ll be sore the next day. We will must note it over the next couple days earlier than we ranking on the plane [to Miami].”

Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey each had 33 aspects, the 2nd time in franchise historic past three gamers non-public scored 30-plus aspects in a game. The different was once in 1961 when Dick Barnett, Hal Greer and Dolph Schayes did it for the Syracuse Nationals.

Harris scored 24 aspects within the first half of. Maxey added 10 assists.

“Tobias has been around for a truly very prolonged time,” Maxey acknowledged. “He is conscious of protect skilled and protect ready. He did that tonight. He’s been enormous. We worship him for that.”

Recordsdata from ESPN Stats & Recordsdata and The Associated Press was once feeble on this legend.