[https://www.espn.com/nba/game/\_/gameId/401585194](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401585194)
On the second night of a back-to-back, Joel Embiid continued his tradition of dominant performances vs. the Nuggets at home, scoring 41 points, grabbing 7 rebounds, assisting 10 shots, and blocking 1 shot on 13-23 FG, 3-6 3PT, 12-15 FT shooting.
His streak of 30/10 games finally comes to an end, at 16.
by Professor_Finn
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Literally the only thing keeping Embiid away from winning the MVP is missing 7 more games, he’s been the best player this season so far & the difference between the Sixers with & without him is day & night
We just witnessed an unbelievable big man duel. Jokic was amazing too — ridiculous on the glass. We need this in the finals
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This man dropped 41 points yesterday and the top 2 posts all day TODAY were him falling on the ground, one even being a clear defensive foul lmao. Didn’t see a single highlight of him scoring though.
You don’t have to like him to admit the discourse around him is embarrassing as fuck even for this sub. Some of y’all need to find something to be happy about in your real lives, because the amount of hating Embiid gets from some of this sub is genuinely unhealthy.
He deserves criticism of course, but the fact that he gets more 2-3x more hate than any other player is pretty ridiculous. You can hate him without pretending he sucks, and you can hate him without being obligated to say “Jokic better”.
Honestly fair enough
Played amazingly, very hard to beat a team when their star plays like that
And he is genuinely, in terms of shot-making, very fun to watch
Respect
just want to see him healthy in the postseason
Embiid is nothing but a flopping ft merchant. He’s lucky he’s 7’0, built like an ox, has a silky jump shot, can post you up and pass out of a double team, an underrated post defende… wait. this guy is pretty good!
It looks so effortless for him
No ten rebound game??? Yea embiid is washed
Joel statpadding against a bad team again, smh
r/nba gonna be mad that embiid won and had the more dominant stat line 😂😂. save your embiid hate another day you weebs
In an alternate universe Germany won the war.
Pls have a healthy postseason
Joel Embiid now has the most 40-point games this season with 8:
|Rk|Player|Count|
|-:|:-|-:|
|1|Joel Embiid|8|
|2|Luka Doncic|7|
|3|Giannis Antetokounmpo|6|
|4|Shai Gilgeous-Alexander|5|
|5|Trae Young|4|
|6|DeAaron Fox|4|
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Generated 1/16/2024.
Cry r/nba, cry
Easy MVP, unless he misses 7 more games.
I feel like that mid range is always going in
Celtics fans said the second game of a b2b doesn’t count so neither does this 💯
How many of the Embiid highlights will get deleted by r/nba mods?
That midrange is unstoppable
God I just want one win in Philly lol
MVP leader back on the menu
My luka mvp agenda is falling💔
I don’t know how people can watch Embiid and hate his game. I 1000000% get clowning 76ers fans about him, but I’d you actually hate Embiid you are just missing out. I will get his Team USA jersey 100% if he plays in the Olympics.
His offensive game is so impressive. I feel like we take it for granted how skilled he is for his size. Guys built like him shouldn’t be euro stepping people at full speed.
Embiid has been better than last year and I really need him not to miss many more games because it’ll be a shame if he even misses out on all nba due to the new rules.
If he meets the games played threshold, we are having another repeat MVP huh?