76ers’ star Joel Embiid scored a career-high and season-high 70 points in Philadelphia 76ers win over San Antonio Spurs on Monday.
Embiid also set a career high with 18 rebounds. He was 24 of 41 from the field, including 1 of 2 from 3-point range, and made 21 of 23 free throws.
He broke Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain’s 76ers record of 68 points, set on Dec. 16, 1967, with a layup with 1:41 to play.
A six-time All-Star and the league’s reigning MVP, Embiid has scored at least 30 points in 21 consecutive games. And now the franchise has won six games in a row.
Chamberlain was playing for the Philadelphia Warriors when he set the NBA record with 100 points.
“I wouldn’t sit here and lie to you, but that’s my mindset every single game,” Embiid said afterward on the local TV broadcast. “My mindset is to attack, dominate offensively and defensively, so tonight was no different.”
Embiid had tied his career high of 59 points through three quarters and had time to beat with 6:38 remaining.
“Obviously he can score in so many ways, just his sheer size gets him a lot of stuff around the basket, gets him a lot of free throws,” 76ers coach Nick Nurse said.
“The shooting touch is the skill part. The way he moves, the skill he has, the size he is, and he gets motivated like that, anything can happen I guess.”
