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In five appearances with the @sixers, @JHarden13 has totaled 123 points and 62 assists.
He's the first player in @NBAHistory to post at least 120 points and 60 assists in their first five games with a franchise.
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.@sixers G @TJMcConnell is the first Philadelphia player ever to post a triple-double off the bench (since 1963-64).
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Per @NBA Courtside, @JoelEmbiid has passed Hollis Thompson for 9th on the 76ers All-Time three-pointers tonight.
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.@BenSimmons25 joins @JoelEmbiid as All-Stars. They are the first @sixers duo selected to an All-Star Game since @alleniverson and @officialmutombo in 2002.
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 posted a career-high-tying 34 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists and five steals.
He’s the first player in @NBAHistory to post such a stat line since steals were first tracked in 1973-74.
h/t @EliasSports
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.@sixers F @dariosaric is the first @NBA player to post at least 20 points in each of his first three career playoff games since @AntDavis23 in 2015.
h/t @bball_ref
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Double-figure scoring games among rookies (incl. tonight):
@BenSimmons25 - 72
@spidadmitchell - 68
@kylekuzma - 63
@jaytatum0 - 63
@MarkkanenLauri - 59
h/t @bball_ref
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There is just one player in the @NBA with 70 steals and 30 blocks:
#NBAVote @BenSimmons25
h/t @nbastats
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.@sixers @TyreseMaxey was the only rookie in 2020-21 with multiple 30-5-5 games.
@MELOD1P and @theantedwards_ each had one such game.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid has 806 points, 402 rebounds and 56 blocks through his first 30 games this season. He's the first player to post such totals within 30 games of a player's season since @SHAQ in 1999-00.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 scored his 400th point in the 1st quarter. He's the only @NBA player this season w/ at least 400 pts, 200 rebs & 200 assists.
He's also the only 76er to reach such totals in 27 or fewer games. He has now done so in each of his two seasons.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@sixers 40-point games since 2000:
@BenSimmons25 - 1 tonight
@JoelEmbiid - 10
@alleniverson - 60
h/t @Stathead
#NBAAllStar
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid finished tonight’s game with 50 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and four blocks.
Per @EliasSports no other player has reached those minimums in a game since steals and blocks were first tracked in 1973-74.
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Best 30-game home starts in @sixers history:
1949-50 29-1
2019-20 28-2
1982-83 28-2
1980-81 28-2
1966-67 28-2
1952-53 28-2
h/t @EliasSports
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.@sixers earn the 15th consecutive win over @nyknicks, dating back to Dec. 25, 2017. It's the longest active winning streak in the @NBA by one team over another and the fourth-longest winning streak over a single opponent in franchise history.
h/t @EliasSports
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Last night, @JoelEmbiid posted 36 points and 11 rebounds in 23:56 of action.
He's the first player in @NBAHistory to post at least 35 points and 10 rebounds in fewer than 25 minutes.
His 36 points are the most ever scored by a @sixers player in 25-or-fewer minutes.
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 has his 3rd career playoff triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
Per @EliasSports, that breaks a tie w/ HOFer Charles Barkley and moves Simmons into second place all-time in 76ers playoff history, behind only HOFer Wilt Chamberlain (8).
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 has recorded his 30th career triple-double tonight in his 228th career game. Per @EliasSports, he's the third-fastest player in @NBA history to reach the mark, behind only Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson (75 games) and @MagicJohnson (190).
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Per @EliasSports, the @Sixers have clinched a top-four seed. The team will hold home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2002-03.
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This is @sixers @TyreseMaxey's fourth straight 20-point game, the longest streak of his career.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @MatisseThybulle finished his rookie season with 93 steals and 47 blocks. He is the eighth rookie in the last 20 years to reach such totals.
Thybulle played 1,287 minutes this season, while none of the other eight played fewer than 2,000.
h/t @StatHead
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.@sixers @TyreseMaxey has his second straight 30-point outing. He's the first 76er in either his first or second season with consecutive 30-plus point efforts since @JoelEmbiid did so from Nov. 13-15, 2017.
Before that, it was @alleniverson.
h/t @Stathead
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Per @EliasSports, only two players in @NBA history have totaled at least 60 points, 25 rebounds and 25 assists through their first three career playoff games:
@BenSimmons25 in 2018
Oscar Robertson in 1962
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Via @NBA Courtside:
Joel Embiid has passed Wilt Chamberlain for 14th on the 76ers All-Time points list with 7,653
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The @sixers now sit at 40-22 on the season. It’s the fastest the team has reached 40 wins since 2000-01 (54 games).
It’s the seventh time in the last 40 seasons that the team has won 40 of its first 62 contests.
h/t @EliasSports
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The @sixers now sit at 33-18 on the season and through the team's first 50 games, held a 32-18 mark.
The last five times the 76ers won at least 32 of their first 50 games:
2018-19
2000-01
1989-90
1985-86
1984-85
h/t @EliasSports
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All five @sixers starters (@JimmyButler, @tobias31, JJ Redick, @JoelEmbiid, @BenSimmons25) scored 18+ points tonight.
It’s the first time this has occurred since 3/17/86 when Barkley, Cheeks, @JuliusErving, Malone and Sedale Threatt each did so at CLE.
h/t @EliasSports
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.@TyreseMaxey (34 & counting) is the youngest @sixers player ever to score at least 30 pts in a playoff game.
The previous-youngest was HOFer Maurice Cheeks who had 33 pts on April 22, 1979 against San Antonio. He was 22 years, 226 days old.
Maxey is not yet 22.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 now has five triple-doubles this season, the most in the Eastern Conference.
Philadelphia’s 24-2 home record is the best in the @NBA.
h/t @bball_ref
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The @sixers are riding an @NBA-best six-game winning streak, and sit atop the East with an 8-2 record.
It’s the first time the team’s won at least eight of its first 10 games since 2000-01’s 10-0 start.
Before that, it was 1982-83 (9-1).
h/t @EliasSports
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In his @sixers debut, @AndreDrummond recorded 17 rebounds in 19 minutes as a reserve. His 17 boards are the most by a 76er making their team debut since @Hoophall member Moses Malone had 17 on Oct. 29, 1982 at New York.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @JHarden13 has reached 2,550 career 3-pointers. He joins @StephenCurry30 as the only two active @NBA players to reach the mark.
He's the fourth player in @NBAHistory with at least 2,550, along with Curry and Hall of Famers Ray Allen and Reggie Miller.
h/t @bball_ref
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With his first steal tonight, @sixers @MatisseThybulle now has 100 for his career. He has 29 more steals than any other player from the 2019 draft class.
h/t @Stathead
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With his two steals tonight, @sixers @MatisseThybulle is the first @NBA rookie to reach 50 this season.
He's also added a pair of blocks. His eight games with 2+ stls and 2+ blks are third-most in the league, behind only @AndreDrummond and @AntDavis23.
h/t @bball_ref
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Youngest players in @NBAHistory to score 35-plus points with zero turnovers in a playoff game, per @Stathead.
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid extends his franchise-record 30-point scoring streak to 10 straight road games.
The last @NBA player to score 30-or-more in at least 10 straight away games was @JHarden13 in the 18-19 season. Before that, it was Tracy McGrady in 02-03.
h/t @Stathead
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.@DGreen_14 became the 5th @sixers player to score in dbl figures in a game while adding five steals and three blocks last night, joining @NerlensNoel3, @andre, @JuliusErving and Barkley.
Green is the only player in the @NBA this season with 100 threes, 60 steals and 30 blocks.
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Only 2 players w/ averages of 19.9 pts, 7.9 rebs & 3.9 assists per game, while shooting 48 percent since Feb. 8: @dariosaric & @KingJames.
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Through his first 30 games this season, @sixers @JoelEmbiid has 905 points, 348 rebounds and 41 blocks. The only other players to post 900/300/40 through 30 games since blocks were first tracked in 73-74 are:
Bob McAdoo (1974-75 and 1975-76)
@kaj33 (1974-75)
h/t @EliasSports
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Last @sixers player with 49 points and 14 rebounds in a game before @JoelEmbiid tonight:
Moses Malone on 11/14/84
The only other 76ers to do so are Wilt Chamberlain and Dolph Schayes.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@sixers @J_mccain_24 has tallied 329 points, 46 threes, and 51 assists, becoming the third rookie in NBA history to tally such numbers within their first 20 outings. He joins @Dame_Lillard (2012) and @luka7doncic (2018).
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Players to average 28 points and 10 rebounds, while shooting at least 50-percent from the field and 85-percent from the free-throw line:
@sixers @JoelEmbiid - 2020-21
@Hoophall Larry Bird - 1984-85
h/t @Stathead
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Through his first four @NBA seasons, @sixers @BenSimmons25 has totaled 4,382 points, 2,217 rebounds and 2,127 assists.
The only players in @NBAHistory to meet or exceed those totals within their first four seasons are @Hoophall @MagicJohnson and Oscar Robertson.
h/t @Stathead
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The @sixers 35-point margin is the team’s largest ever in a close-out postseason victory.
It’s the 16th time in @NBA history a team has won a close-out game by 35-plus points.
h/t @EliasSports
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With 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists tonight @sixers @BenSimmons25 has his 31st career triple-double (third this season).
Simmons moves into a tie with @luka7doncic and Hall of Famer John Havlicek for 13th all-time in @NBA history.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@BenSimmons25 and @JoelEmbiid are the first pair of @sixers teammates to each post at least 16 double-doubles through a season's first 25 games since Red Kerr and Dolph Schayes each did so in 1958-59.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 has now scored at least 20 points in each of his last four games.
That's a new career-long streak for Simmons.
h/t @bball_ref
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Per @EliasSports, the @sixers 41-point (77-36) halftime lead is the largest in franchise history.
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.@sixers @TyreseMaxey is the first 76ers rookie with 30-plus points in a game since @BenSimmons25 had 32 vs. Chicago on Feb. 22, 2018.
Previous three 76ers rookies with 30-point games:
@dariosaric
@JoelEmbiid
@JahlilOkafor
h/t @Stathead
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This is @JoelEmbiid's 3rd 40-pt, 10-reb game this season. All other @NBA players have combined for 4 such gms.
It's the 11th 40-10 game of his career, passing B. Cunningham for 3rd-most in franchise history, behind only Chamberlain & Barkley.
h/t @Stathead & @EliasSports
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Through two games this season, @JHarden13 has 66 p/16 r/16 a. He’s the first @sixers player ever to post 65/15/15 through the team’s first two games of a season and joins @russwest44 and Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Oscar Robertson (twice) as the only @NBA players ever to do so.
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 (15 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists) is the eight @NBA player with a triple-double this season.
It's the 29th of his career and only @russwest44, @KingJames and N. Jokic have more triple-doubles than Simmons since his rookie season (2017-18)
h/t @Stathead
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This is @sixers @JoelEmbiid's league-leading ninth game this season with at least 40 points and 10 rebounds.
They're the second-most ever in a season by a 76er behind HOFer Wilt Chamberlain's 18 in 1965-66.
h/t @Stathead
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This is @sixers @JoelEmbiid's fifth 30-point, 10-rebound game this season, breaking a tie with @luka7doncic and Jokic for the most such performances in the @NBA.
h/t @Stathead
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The @sixers set a new franchise record tonight with 18 three-pointers.
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Just three players in @NBAHistory have compiled as many points, rebounds and blocks through 60 games as @sixers @JoelEmbiid has in 2018-19.
@SHAQ (1999-2000)
@kaj33 (1974-75 & 1975-76)
Bob McAdoo (1973-74 & 1974-75)
h/t @EliasSports
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 first quarter:
19 points, 7-8 FG, 5-5 FT, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block.
The 19 points are the most he's ever scored in a single period in his career. He'd scored 15 on two previous occasions.
h/t @Stathead
#NBAALLSTAR
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The @sixers have now topped the @chicagobulls in 11 straight matchups, dating back to April 6, 2019. It’s tied for the longest active win streak by one team over another in the @NBA.
@JoelEmbiid is 11-0 all-time against Chicago.
h/t @EliasSports
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid has matched his career high with 50 points tonight against @OrlandoMagic.
Embiid joins Hall of Famers Wilt Chamberlain and @alleniverson as the only players in 76ers franchise history with multiple 50-point efforts.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid has now scored in double figures in 25 consecutive games to begin the season. The longest such streak in the @NBA.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid now has his 12th game this season with at least 40 points and 10 rebounds.
That's tied with Hall of Famer Moses Malone (1981-82) as well as @russwest44 (2016-17) for the most by an @NBA player since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976-77.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 notches a triple-double late 3Q. He's the first 76er ever to post a triple-double in a home opener.
h/t @bball_ref
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The @sixers sweep @BrooklynNets, 4-0, in the East first round.
It’s Philadelphia’s first four-game playoff sweep since the 1985 Conference Semis vs. Milwaukee.
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.@sixers @JimmyButler hits three-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining to give PHI its ninth straight win over Charlotte.
It's the team's longest winning streak over a single opponent since winning 16 straight against Cleveland from April 27, 1999-Feb. 23, 2003.
h/t @EliasSports
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Per @Sportradar, tonight was the @sixers largest 4th quarter comeback win since 3/14/08 at Chicago when it trailed by 18 (88-70) with 10:47 left in 4th quarter.
Team trailed by as many as 16 in the fourth quarter tonight.
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.@sixers C @JoelEmbiid’s 19 points in his @NBAAllStar debut are the most scored in an All-Star game by a Philadelphia player since @alleniverson had 35 in 2003. H/t @bball_ref.
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Through two preseason first halves, @sixers @TyreseMaxey has totaled 41 points on 15-19 shooting (.789) across 29 minutes of action.
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.@sixers @MatisseThybulle swipes a game-high three first-quarter steals. He extends his rookie-best steals total to 60, becoming the 18th @NBA player to reach the mark this season.
h/t @nbastats
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 has reached his 25th career triple-double in his 195th career game.
He’s the third-fastest player to reach the mark in @NBAHistory, behind only Oscar Robertson and @MagicJohnson.
h/t @EliasSports
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid has now posted at least 30 pts & 10 rebs in each of his last 3 games. It's the 4th time in his career he's had such a streak span at least 3 games.
The only other 76ers w/ as many three-game 30-10 streaks as Embiid are Barkley and Chamberlain.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers rookies to score at least 16 points off the bench in a playoff game since 1980:
@TyreseMaxey
@thekidet
David Wingate
Charles Barkley
Andrew Toney
It's the 15th such game by a 76ers rookie in that span.
h/t @Stathead
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Most 30-point, 10-rebound games, @sixers playoff history:
Wilt Chamberlain (14)
Dolph Schayes (13)
Charles Barkley (8)
Joel Embiid (7 incl. tonight)
h/t @EliasSports
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Triple-doubles among @NBA players this season:
@russwest44 - 14
@KingJames - 7
@BenSimmons25 - 5 (including tonight)
No other player has more than two, per @bball_ref
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This is @sixers @MatisseThybulle's 19th game this season with at least one block and one steal, the most among @NBA rookies.
No other rookie has more than 15 such games.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@Sixers finish their West Coast road trip 5-0. It’s the second time in franchise history the team has swept a road trip of at least five games.
Per @EliasSports, the only other time was in 1984-85 (6-0 from 12/25-1/5).
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.@JoelEmbiid has scored 30-or-more pts in 10 of his last 11 games (team is 8-3), incl. each of his last 8, tying a franchise record.
Over that span, he's averaging 32.5 PPG. The only other @sixers ever to do so are HOFers Barkley, Chamberlain & @alleniverson.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @SniperShake up to 20 points on 8-10 shooting (3-3 3FG) in 18 minutes.
It's Milton's fourth career 20-point game, with all coming since Jan. 30. He's now scored 20-or-more in three of his last five games.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@sixers @MatisseThybulle has tied his career and season high with his sixth steal of the night.
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Now with 15 assists today, @sixers @BenSimmons25 has a new playoff career high. His 15 helpers are the most by a 76er in a playoff game since HOFer @alleniverson on April 29, 2005 vs. DET.
He's the sixth Philadelphia player ever w/ 15 assists in a postseason game.
h/t @Stathead
.@sixers @BenSimmons25 12 assists match his regular-season high from 2020-21, a mark he reached six times.
His playoff career high is 14, which he posted in his rookie season: April 14, 2018.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 has 478 pts, 272 rebs and 238 assts thru his 1st 30 games this season. Per @bball_ref, he's the 4th player in @NBA history to post those totals thru a player's 1st 30 games of a season, joining:
@russwest44 (2x)
Magic Johnson (1x)
Oscar Robertson (4x)
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It’s the second time in franchise history the @sixers have had three players named to @NBA All-Defensive teams.
The other occurrence came in 1982-83 when Hall of Famers Maurice Cheeks, Bobby Jones and Moses Malone all did so.
#NBA All-Defensive Team results are in!
- @BenSimmons25 & Rudy Gobert were unanimous selections, each getting 200 vote points
- @JoelEmbiid earned 8 First Team votes, and was named Second Team
- @MatisseThybulle received 3 First Team votes, and earned Second Team
#PhilaUnite
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This is the @sixers eighth 70-point first half this season, matching @warriors for the @NBA high in 2017-18.
h/t @bball_ref
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Over his last 20 games since 12/16, @sixers @JoelEmbiid has tallied 678 points, 211 rebounds & 90 assists.
The only other players to reach those minimums over a 20-game span in @NBAHistory are @russwest44, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain & Oscar Robertson.
h/t @Stathead
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.@sixers @TyreseMaxey was one of two @NBA players (Dallas' @KyrieIrving) this season to average 25 points, five assists, and fewer than two turnovers per game.
They are the first two players in @NBAHistory to hold such averages for a full season.
h/t @EliasSports
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With 31 pts and 11 rebs, @JoelEmbiid has his eighth career 30-point 10-rebound playoff game. That moves him into a tie with Hall of Famer Charles Barkley for third all-time in @sixers history.
Only HOFers Wilt Chamberlain (14) and Dolph Schayes (13) have more.
h/t @EliasSports
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.@sixers C @JoelEmbiid is team’s first @NBAAllStar Game starter since Hall of Famer @alleniverson in 2010-11. Team’s first AS selection since @Jrue_Holiday11 in 2012-13.
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Over his last 5 games, @JoelEmbiid has totaled 196 points on .605 shooting.
Wilt Chamberlain is the only other @sixers player ever to compile such numbers over a five-game span (Dec ‘67).
He’s the first @NBA player with such #’s over a five-game span since @KDTrey5 in Jan ‘14.
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Per @EliasSports , @JoelEmbiid is one of eight players in @NBA history with at least 1,065 points, 457 rebounds and 125 assists through 50 career games. The others are:
Blake Griffin
George McGinnis
Sidney Wicks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Connie Hawkins
Oscar Robertson
Elgin Baylor
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.@sixers @BenSimmons25 game-winning tip-in gives the 76ers a 113-111 win over @spurs.
It's the first true GW buzzer beater by a 76er since @TJMcConnell on Jan. 11, 2017 against the Knicks.
basketball-reference.com/fri…
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.@JoelEmbiid is the first @sixers player to post at least 30 points and 10 rebounds in four straight games since Charles Barkley did so from Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 1988.
h/t @bball_ref
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.@JoelEmbiid scored 29 points in the 3rd quarter against WAS, shooting 10-10 FG and 9-9 FT.
Embiid's 29 pts are the most scored by a @sixers player in a single quarter since at least 1996-97.
He surpasses Z. LaVine (25) for the most points in a quarter in 23-24.
h/t @Stathead
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.@Sixers have won each of their three games coming out of the All-Star break by 22-or-more points.
The three straight wins by 20+ tie a franchise record, and this is the sixth such occurrence in team history.
h/t @EliasSports
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This is @sixers @JoelEmbiid's fifth 40-10 game of the season, more than all other @NBA players combined.
His 13 career games are tied with Hall of Famer Charles Barkley for second-most in franchise history.
h/t @EliasSports
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.@sixers @MatisseThybulle swipes four first-quarter steals in nine minutes. Thybulle now leads the @NBA with five games with four-or-more steals.
He's also the seventh player this season with 50-plus total steals.
h/t @Stathead & @nbastats
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There are seven active @NBA players with more triple-doubles than @BenSimmons25:
@russwest44
@KingJames
@JHarden13
@RajonRondo
@Money23Green
@JokicNikola15
@CP3
h/t @bball_ref
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.@sixers @JoelEmbiid is the 1st player in the @NBA this season w/ multiple 50-pt games.
He's the 1st 76er w/ multiple 50-pt games in a season since HOFer @alleniverson had 3 in 04-05.
He, Iverson (2x) & Chamberlain (2x) are the only Sixers ever to do so.
h/t @Stathead
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