Joel Embiid breaks 76ers scoring record with 70-point haul in win over Spurs
The 29-year-old became just the ninth player to reach 70 points in an NBA game.
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Your support makes all the difference.Joel Embiid set a new Philadelphia 76ers scoring record after plundering 70 points in a 133-123 victory over San Antonio Spurs.
Embiid, who had 34 points to his name by half-time, is just the ninth player in NBA history to reach 70 points in a single game.
The 29-year-old forward’s feat came 18 years to the day since Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game for the Los Angeles Lakers – the second highest in NBA history.
Embiid told the NBA’s official website: “From the time I started playing, Kobe was my guy. He’s the reason why I started playing basketball.
“It’s funny, on the same night, he got 81 and that was my favourite player.”
Although he bettered the Sixers’ previous best of 68, held by Wilt Chamberlain, Embiid remains some distance short of Chamberlain’s remarkable NBA record of 100 points in a single game set in 1962 when playing for the Philadelphia Warriors.
Embiid’s feat came on the same night as Karl-Anthony Towns set a new Minnesota Timberwolves high of 62 points in a 128-125 defeat by Charlotte Hornets.