Joel Embiid is no stranger to dominance. Standing at a gigantic seven-feet, 280 pounds, the Sixers’ big man is often a lethal combination of the biggest and strongest person any time he steps on the basketball court. No one would bat an eyelash if you were to invoke his name in the same sentence as other Sixers’ legends like Julius Erving, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson. Embiid was the centerpiece of the infamous “Process” and is unquestionably one of the NBA’s brightest stars. If not for Nikola Jokic kicking ass and taking names in Denver last season, he’d also have an MVP to his name.
While Embiid still has so much of a road to travel and still so much to accomplish (an NBA title, anyone?), Wednesday evening might have been his early-career magnum opus.
Joel Embiid had 50 points and 12 rebounds in 27:03.
That's the fewest minutes played in a 50-point, 10-rebound game in the shot-clock era (since 1954-55).
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— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 20, 2022
