Embiid (left).

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] As the season draws to a close, suspense gradually emerged for the MVP three-game winning streak that seemed to be locked by Nikola Jokic. Today, Joel Embiid scored 52 points and 13 points in a single game. The amazing performance of rebounds and 6 rebounds led the 76ers who ranked third in the East to defeat the Celtics who ranked second in the East 103:101.

The Celtics won the first three matches between the two teams this season. Today, the two sides played stalemate. After the first three quarters, the Sixers led 72:67 led by Embiid's 38 points.

The Celtics tied the score in less than 2 minutes from the start of the fourth quarter, and once took a 4-point lead, but Embiid jumped out to take over the game and scored 5 points in a row from 4 minutes and 19 seconds to overtake the score , and then replaced PJ Tucker in the tie. After 2 minutes and 53 seconds, he received two assists from Embiid and made a three-point outside line, which opened the score to 6 points. Although the Celtics continued to chase points, But with 53.1 seconds left, Tucker once again received an outside pass from Embiid to set the tone of the game. In the end, the Sixers defeated the Celtics by 2 points, avoiding the sweep of the season game.

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Embiid made 20 of 25 shots and 12 of 13 free throws. He scored 52 points and 13 rebounds with high efficiency and sent 6 assists. This is his ninth game of 40 points and 10 rebounds this season. He scored 50 points for the third time, becoming the third center in NBA history to score more than 50 points three times in a single season after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain. After Chamberlain, the second player who can score more than 50 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists with more than 80% shooting percentage, the audience also shouted "MVP" for Embiid.

James Harden scored 20 points and 10 assists today.

The Celtics Derrick White scored a team-high 26 points, and Jayson Tatum scored 19 points. J. Brown (Jaylen Brown), one of the "double Js" in this game, was absent due to lower back pain. play.

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