Daily News | Sixers’ Joel Embiid is on the verge of history
Joel Embiid has all but locked up becoming the first center to win an NBA scoring title in 22 seasons.133-120 victoryEmbiid’s average would drop to 30.130 points if he plays and fails to score a point in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Detroit Pistons.
And the last center to average more than 30 points in a season was Hall of Famer Moses Malone, who averaged 31.1 points as a Houston Rockets while being named MVP during the 1981-82 season. Malone was traded to the Sixers after that season, winning a second MVP award and an NBA title during the 1982-83 campaign.“Well. that’s the challenge for next year,” Embiid joked about Malone. “So, next year, I gotta come out and average more than him, but it’s great.
He also joins Chamberlain and Hall of Famer Allen Iverson as the only Sixers to average at least 30 points in a season.This season’s expectations for James Harden and the Sixers were always too grand | Marcus Hayes
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