PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid scored a season-high 51 factors and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers used an enormous fourth quarter to shut out the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 127-113 win on Wednesday night time.
Tyrese Maxey scored 35 factors as Philadelphia (19-8) gained for the seventh time in eight video games, bouncing again properly after a 108-104 loss to Chicago on Monday night time.
Minnesota (20-6) received 27 factors from Anthony Edwards, 23 factors from Karl-Anthony Cities and 21 from Jaden McDaniels. The Timberwolves entered Wednesday night time as winners of 9 of its final 10 video games and possessors of the league’s greatest document.
It was Embiid’s seventh profession sport with not less than 50 factors. He additionally recorded his twelfth straight sport with 30 or extra factors and 10-plus rebounds. It’s the NBA’s longest such streak since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it in 16 straight video games for the Milwaukee Bucks within the 1971-72 season.
The one different gamers to have 12 or extra video games of 30-10 in NBA historical past in addition to Embiid and Abdul-Jabbar are Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Walt Bellamy.
A sport that was billed as a conflict of defensive kinds turned towards the Sixers throughout a formidable show of offensive strikes by Embiid within the third quarter. He scored 19 of Philadelphia‘s 26 factors within the interval and saved the Sixers within the lead at 90-87 going into the fourth.
Maxey scored 15 factors within the closing quarter, most of that coming throughout a five-minute stretch firstly of the interval when Embiid was on the bench. No different Philadelphia participant scored in double figures for the second sport in a row.
Philadelphia ended up dropping beginning guard De’Anthony Melton within the second half with a left thigh contusion.
UP NEXT
Timberwolves: Return dwelling for a Thursday night time sport towards the Los Angeles Lakers.
76ers: Host Toronto on Friday night time.
