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Sixers Beat Nets Behind Joel Embiid’s Career-High 33 Points
By Jim Adair
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Before tonight’s game, it was announced that barring deep foul trouble or some kind of miracle, Nerlens Noel would be out of the rotation. Noel didn’t see the floor, but Joel Embiid (and to a much lesser extent, Jahlil Okafor) handled the Nets in a back-and-forth matchup that ended with a 108-107 Sixers win.
Embiid finished with 33 points (24 in the second half) in 27 minutes on 17 shots, adding on 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals, and a dive into the second row. Okafor pulled down 11 rebounds (6 offensive) while shooting 0/10 from the floor. Ersan Ilyasova also dropped 22 points on 4/7 from three, while the Sixers shot 43% from long-range as a team.
Embiid’s 33 points is the first 33+ point performance for the Sixers since January 2014 when…I don’t wanna say his name:
Joel Embiid now with 33 points and 10 rebounds. The last 33+ point game by a Sixers player was Evan Turner in Jan 2014.
— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) December 19, 2016
The Sixers face the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday. Highlight clips after the jump.
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.