With under 30 seconds to go in the game and sitting at 57, the shot clock was winding down as the ball swung to Embiid at the top of key.
The only other center to do it was Karl-Anthony Towns.Įmbiid actually had a shot at 60. Since Embiid made his NBA debut in 2016, he is only the 11th player in the league to score 59 or more. There have been only two players in franchise history that have scored more in a single game: Wilt Chamberlain and Allen Iverson. I’ve never seen a more dominating performance, when you combine defense and offense.”Ĭertainly the 59 points stand out. I haven’t seen a guy score a lot of points, rebound, and then block shots,” Rivers said. Rivers, who played in the NBA for 13 seasons and is in his 24th year as a head coach, has seen an awful lot. We’ve got a lot of injuries and stuff going on, and there’s nothing better than finding ways to win through all of that. “We’re not panicked, but we want to win games,” Doc Rivers said. 500 mark for the first time since Halloween and have looked much better since Embiid returned to the lineup last Monday. The Sixers swept their weekend back-to-back against the Hawks and Jazz - and boy, did they need it. In fact, no player had ever recorded at least 50 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, and five blocks before (blocks did not become an official stat until 1973-74).Īnd this coming off a game 24 hours earlier in which he put up 42 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, and two blocks. He’s the first player in NBA history to record the above stat line.
Like one of the greatest individual performances the sport has ever seen impressive.īy now you’ve likely seen the historical context of Embiid’s night. While it wasn’t quite a 60-point quadruple-double, 59 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, and seven blocks is mighty impressive. “I’ll actually tell him that I had a 60-point quadruple-double on this night - when it wasn’t,” he joked.Įmbiid was marvelous as the Sixers hung on to beat the surprising Utah Jazz. Of course when Joel Embiid tells his son Arthur, now 2, about this night, he might embellish the truth a tad. Sunday was a night that will become folklore for generations to come.
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