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Joel Embiid Showed Off In a Brutal One Point Loss to the Cavs
By Jim Adair
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First, he averages 0.2 blocks per game below the league leader (Anthony Davis) while playing 16 fewer minutes per game:
He leads all rookies in points per game, blocks per game, rebounds per game (Saric is second). And he’s second in three-pointers made behind Buddy Hield, who is shooting 22.7% from distance. Embiid is shooting 66.7%. Among players who qualify, he’s first in the league:
A little fake move in the post for his first bucket:
The goaltending block heard round the world:
A little touch assist to Ersan Ilyasova, who had his own highlights last night:
JoJo’s first two threes of the night (of his way to 4-4):
And his third:
You can’t give him space in the mid-range:
And what happens when you close on his three? He rockets an accurate assist into the corner:
The bank was open late for his 4th three (sound on for Marc Zumoff’s “OHHHH YES!”):
He just bullies Thompson down low:
And blocks LeBron again (LBJ suffered three of Embiid’s four blocks):
His final stat line was 22 points (7/13 FG, 4/4 3P), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, four blocks and one steal.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.