Sixers' Joel Embiid Named NBA All-Star Starter For Fourth Straight Season
The voters have spoken, and Joel Embiid is an All-Star starter for the fourth straight season.
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The voters have spoken, and Joel Embiid is an All-Star starter for the fourth straight season.
The 76ers led by 29 points in the second half and looked on their way to an easy victory before Houston came back.
Clarkson had a season-high 40 points off the bench to send the streaking Jazz past Philadelphia 134-123 in a matchup of conference leaders Monday night despite a career-best 42 points from Ben Simmons.
Embiid had 35 points for the Sixers, who have lost two in a row but still hold the top spot in the Eastern Conference at 18-9.
Anthony scored a season-high 24 points off the bench, including 16 in the fourth quarter, and the Trail Blazers beat the Sixers 118-114 on Thursday night.
Philly fans unmercifully booed the 23-year-old Bryant and the young superstar wasn't quite happy about it.
Tobias Harris and Seth Curry each added 22 points as the Sixers used a 10-0 run to take control of the game in the fourth and win for the sixth time in seven games.
The Sixers are now 13-0 with their full starting five this season.
Joel Embiid scored 37 points for the Sixers in their 121-105 loss to the Trail Blazers on Thursday.
Joel Embiid had 34 points and 11 rebounds.
The 76ers trailed by 16 early in the fourth but closed on a 31-6 run to pick up their sixth win in seven games.
The three-time All-Star Embiid, who entered the evening fourth in the NBA in scoring, had his ninth 20-point half of the season, tied for the most in the league.
Joel Embiid tried to dunk on LeBron James and instead his back slammed on the court.
Harris scored 24 points. Joel Embiid had 28 and Ben Simmons had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
The sports world is remembering Kobe Bryant on the one-year anniversary of his death.
Kobe Bryant, a Lower Merion native, his daughter Gianna, and seven others, were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Jan. 26, 2020.
Tobias Harris led Philadelphia with 25 points, but the 76ers (12-6) never made much of a run after the Pistons controlled the early going.
Joel Embiid had 33 points and 14 rebounds in the Sixers' 114-110 win over the Pistons on Saturday night.
Embiid had 38 points and 11 rebounds, Tobias Harris scored 23 points and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics 122-110 on Friday night.
Embiid is off to the best start of his career and topped 40 points for the second time in three games.
Delonte West is continuing to make strides in turning his life around.
The NBA said the Sixers do not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with the game.
The Sixers had 22 turnovers in a 106-104 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.
Simmons had a triple-double a day after he was dangled as trade bait to Houston in a potential deal for James Harden.
Embiid had one of the great games of his career and carried the Sixers with a perfect third quarter and clutch buckets in OT to put them on the brink of victory.
