Joel embiid has scored 29 points with an 11 out of 13 in field goals to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to his eighth consecutive victory, his best mark this season. The Sixers have achieved this after beating by 118-104 this saturday at Detroit Pistons.
The Sixers’ inside game has been too powerful for their opponent. Beyond Embiid’s performance, Dwight howard has achieved a double-double of 19 points and 14 rebounds. That number of catches has allowed him to become the 11th highest rebounder in NBA history, since with 14,250 he has surpassed the 14,241 of Walt Bellamy.
But the game of the Sixers, who have had the casualties of Ben simmons and of Seth curry, it has been in general very complete. This is demonstrated by the 22 points of Tyrese maxey, the 18 of Tobias Harris and the 11 of Danny green. With their triumph, those of Philadelphia give another one more towards the first position of the East, the one that they dominate with 47 victories and 21 defeats.
While, Jerami Grant and Saddiq Bey they have achieved 14 points each for a Pistons with tasks divided into scoring. Mason Plumlee and Sekou Doumbouya they have gone up to 12 points, Frank Jackson has contributed 11 and Killian Hayes has added 10.
The Sixers led the game by 16 points at the beginning of the last quarter, which complicated the situation of some Pistons who have not been able to turn the scoreboard. With this loss, Detroit remains last in the East with 20 wins and 48 lost games.