Joel Embiid put Jarrett Allen on a poster and extended his MVP lead

We’re all witnesses to the big man’s all-time greatness.

We’re running out of superlatives to describe the Philadelphia 76ers’ mega-star Joel Embiid. Outstanding? Astonishing? Amazing? Incredible? Stupendous? Remarkable? Supercalifragilisticespealadocious? You get the point. There are only so many ways to compliment someone’s talents and efforts.

In the midst of an MVP-level campaign, we’re, at best, speechless over the rampage Embiid (+200 to win the award at Tipico) has unleashed on the rest of the NBA. Maybe there’s some residual anger and frustration left over from a former teammate. Perhaps he’s unleashed his complete skill-set, and this version — this version — is what that resembles. We’ll never know for sure.

On Saturday, with Cleveland (+2.5) visiting the 76ers, it was another episode of The Embiid Show. And along the way to a comfortable 103-93 win, he let an All-Star-level player and defender — Jarrett Allen — see what he’s all about firsthand.

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A dunk worthy of the King of the Monster’s full powers.

Here’s another angle: A perfect poster on your childhood bedroom wall angle.

Yikes, I’m not sure how you ever live that down if you’re Allen. In fairness to him, it’s Joel Embiid in supernova mode.

Under normal circumstances, this sort of dunk would’ve been praiseworthy enough in itself. But then Embiid went out and pieced together a 40-point, 14-rebound, and 10-assist triple-double. Video game numbers in every sense, and a historic 54-year-old benchmark that puts him right up with an NBA legend.

With the triple-double (and the dunk), Embiid also extends his streak of 25+ point games to 23. Three more tremendous efforts like this, and he surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s place on that list (25). Yes, the Laker talisman of yore, Kareem. The very same.

Embiid is a man on a mission, and no center, be it a young Allen, or two all-time greats like Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, are safe.

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