Joel Embiid, Karl-Anthony Towns make history; Titans planning to hire Brian Callahan

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JOEL EMBIID … AND KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS

On the 18th anniversary of Kobe Bryant‘s 81-point game, two of today’s stars gave that iconic number a run for its money.

We’ll start with Joel Embiid, who scored a franchise-record 70 points in the 76ers‘ 133-123 win over the Spurs.

Embiid is the ninth player to reach the 70-point mark, and it’s the 14th 70-point game in NBA history. Wilt Chamberlain has nearly half of them with six, but Chamberlain’s career high with the 76ers was 68.Embiid also had a career-high 18 rebounds. He joins Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor as the only players to have a 70-point, 18-rebound game.Embiid is now up to 21 consecutive 30-point games; only Chamberlain and James Harden have had longer streaks.

While Embiid throttled the Spurs from inside the arc, Karl-Anthony Towns did it from all over en route to a Timberwolves franchise-record 62 points against the Hornets.

Towns became the first player in NBA history to make 10…


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Author : Zachary Pereles

Publish date : 2024-01-23 14:03:12

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