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Joel Embiid Scores Season-Excessive 35 Factors In Loss To Grizzlies

Joel Embiid Scores Season-Excessive 35 Factors In Loss To Grizzlies

Joel Embiid loved his greatest sport of the season to this point on Wednesday, scoring 35 factors within the Sixers loss to Memphis. After the defeat, Embiid stated his aspect ‘must be higher’. 

Sixers Want To Enhance

The Sixers continued their depressing begin to the season on Wednesday, as a loss to the Grizzlies made it 5 consecutive losses for Philadelphia.

Whereas the Sixers had been once more dreadful, Joel Embiid lastly loved some pleasure on the courtroom after what has been a troublesome begin to the yr for the previous MVP.

Embiid dropped 35 on the Grizzlies within the defeat, scoring 14 free throws and capturing 48% from the sphere with 11 rebounds, however he wasn’t happy in any respect following his workforce’s newest defeat.

“It’s form of annoying having to take care of the identical issues time and again and over,” Embiid stated. “It’s been like that my complete profession. All I attempt to do is concentrate on basketball and attempting to make the most effective residing for my household, on and off the courtroom.

“But it surely’s unbelievable. It simply seems like negativity retains following us, which I don’t perceive why. But it surely’s a disgrace, and it doesn’t change the truth that we’ve nonetheless all acquired to be higher.”

It was reported within the week that the Sixers had a workforce assembly as a result of current kind, with Embiid truly known as out by Tyrese Maxey for his poor time warding off the courtroom.

Embiid just isn’t completely happy about particulars of Sixers workforce assembly being leaked 😬

He says they “talked about lots of issues” and assembly lasted “in all probability 30 seconds” pic.twitter.com/CwsAVbUzuL

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 21, 2024

Maxey made his return for Philadelphia in opposition to the Grizzlies, after lacking the final six video games with a hamstring pressure. The 24-year-old scored simply 8 factors on Wednesday, however he was solely concerned for 20 minutes because the guard slowly makes his return from damage.

In Maxey’s absence, Sixers rookie Jared McCain has stepped up and he presently leads the NBA Rookie Of The Season race with 15.6 factors per sport.

Jared McCain within the loss:

20 PTS
5 AST
3 3P

His sixth 20-point sport this season — the one rookie with greater than two. pic.twitter.com/Pctcv2XiSq

— StatMuse (@statmuse) November 21, 2024

Paul George hyperextended his knee for a second time this yr on Wednesday and his damage is simply the newest setback in a troublesome time for Philly.

The Sixers are in NBA Cup motion on Friday evening as they face the Nets however having already misplaced their first two within the competitors, Philadelphia are already all however confirmed to be out of the working.

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