MVP DUEL! Nikola Jokic (25 PTS & 19 REBS) & Joel Embiid (41 PTS & 10 AST) Battle! | January 15, 2024
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Joel Embiid leads the way with 41 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists as the Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Denver Nuggets, 126-121. Tyrese Maxey (25 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists) and Tobias Harris (24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists) added a combined 49 points in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 25 points and 19 rebounds for the Nuggets, while Jamal Murray added 17 points and 10 assists. The 76ers improve to 26-13 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 28-14.
Joel Embiid joins Allen Iverson and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in 76ers franchise history to record multiple games of 40+ points and 10+ assists:
Allen Iverson (10x)
Wilt Chamberlain (3x)
Joel Embiid (2x)
Embiid has scored 30+ pts in 18 consecutive games, trailing only James Harden and Wilt Chamberlain for longest such streak in a single season in NBA History:
James Harden: 32 games (12/13/2018 – 2/12/2019)
Wilt Chamberlain: 4 separate streaks of 30+ points of at least 18 games (longest: 65 games 11/4/1961 – 2/22/1962)
Embiid’s 30+ pts and 10+ reb streak ends at 16 consecutive games, however he extends his 30+ double-double streak (41 pts, 10 ast) to 17 games, the 2nd longest streak in NBA History:
Wilt Chamberlain: 4 separate streaks of at least 17+ games (longest: 65 games 11/4/1961 – 2/22/1962)
With his 18th point tonight, Tyrese Maxey (23yr, 73d) reached 4,000 career points and becomes the youngest player in 76ers franchise history to reach 4K career points, previous:
Thaddeus Young (23yr, 227d) – 2/3/2012
20 Comments
Battle of the bigs
Love to see 2 MVPs going at each other💪
EMBIID cooked and owned your CHOKIC and drops 40piece again🔥💪. Embiid is Jokic father?🤣
Who has a ring and who doesn’t?
All the Jokic meat riders are crying rn
Still crazy to see centers shooting and making threes. The games evolved so much
3:18 cheap shot smh
Embiid owns him in the regular season and Jokic owns him in the playoffs
Embiid Owning Jokic per usual
That was actually crazy as fuck to see , i love ball.
Embid is good but no way he's getting pass Giannis bruh
A head to head matchup. Embiid outplays Jokic and the Sixers win, yet someone will cry if Embiid wins MVP over Jokic. Crazy.
Been yrs since two best players in the League are.two big men. cherish this
God damn both teams can’t play any defense wth, I remember 5 years ago when the warriors had 75 at half and people were killing their opponents, now both teams have 75+ at the half like that’s normal
That Euro was pretty!
yan ang magandang labanan pareho ginagawa ang kanilang makakaya para lang manalo ang kanilang koponan 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
Nobody plays defense against Embiid. He's just so good at getting foul calls
Ft embid hahaha playof no ft no embid😂
Jokic and Embiid are the top 2 basketball players on the planet.
Keep it 💯 Embiid is becoming the one of best scorers we've ever seen with elite defense