NBA: Red-hot Embiid scores season-high 51 as 76ers beat Timberwolves
Jon Palmieri
December 21, 2023 13:11 MYT
December 21, 2023 13:11 MYT
Joel Embiid continued his torrid stretch with a season-high 51 points and 12 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers bounced back with a 127-113 victory over the Western Conference-leading Minnesota Timberwolves.
Embiid notched his 12th straight game with at least 30 points and 10-plus rebounds for the NBA’s longest such streak since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 16-game run for the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971-72.
The only other players to have 12 or more games of 30-10 in league history besides Embiid and Abdul-Jabbar are Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Walt Bellamy.
Embiid is averaging a whopping 41.4 points on 61.5 percent shooting and 12.9 rebounds in his last eight games.
Tyrese Maxey scored 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, most of those coming during a five-minute stretch at the start of the period when Embiid was on the bench.
Philadelphia won for the seventh time in eight games, bouncing back from a 108-104 loss to Chicago on Monday.
Anthony Edwards had 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 for Minnesota, which began the day with the league’s best record.
86 PTS | 13 REB | 8 AST get @JoelEmbiid and @TyreseMaxey to the ASG immediately! https://t.co/gI3jhXlcyd@PALottery pic.twitter.com/cuuM44ozvT— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) December 21, 2023
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Clippers defeat Mavericks for 9th straight win
Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points and the Los Angeles Clippers held off the Dallas Mavericks, 120-111 for their ninth consecutive win.
Normal Powell had 21 points off the bench and James Harden had 17 and 11 assists for the Clippers, who nearly blew a 22-point lead before holding on for their longest winning streak since a 10-game run in 2015-16.
Amir Coffey scored 12 points in his second start of the season in place of Paul George, who sat out with an illness.
Luka Dončić’s franchise record of 11 consecutive games with at least 30 points ended with 28. He recorded his sixth triple-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
why was six afraid of seven? cause seven, eight, NINE pic.twitter.com/YBMq80ICbN— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) December 21, 2023
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Herro leads Heat past Magic
Tyler Herro had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists and Bam Adebayo added 18 points to lift the Miami Heat to a 115-106 win over the Orlando Magic in a matchup of the top teams in the Southeast Division.
Herro was 10 of 17 from the field and 4 of 5 from 3-point range, and Haywood Highsmith, one of four Miami reserves in double figures, made four of the Heat’s 15 3s and finished with a season-high 15 points.
Cole Anthony scored 20 points and Franz Wagner added 15 as the Magic lost their third straight.
Tyler put up 28 points (10-17 FGM, 4-5 3PM) in only his 2nd game back from injury. No signs of rust pic.twitter.com/iZaO0JE7Oo— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) December 21, 2023
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