Joel Embiid passes Wilt Chamberlain for 40-point games for Sixers

Joel Embiid has now passed Wilt Chamberlain on the 40-point games list in Philadelphia 76ers history.

The Philadelphia 76ers may have fallen to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, snapping their eight-game winning streak, but Joel Embiid had another monstrous game on the offensive end of the floor.

The big fella dropped 48 points on 17-for-32 shooting. He beat up on the Wizards all night on that end of the floor. He was sensational and he made more Philadelphia history.

Wednesday was Embiid’s 32nd 40-plus point game. He passed the legndary Wilt Chamberlain for the second-most such games in the franchise’s history. Per StatMuse, only Allen Iverson has more such games for the Sixers with 76 games of 40-plus points.

The big effort from Embiid kept him in the league scoring lead with a 33.7 points per game average. He is just ahead of Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic who’s averaging 33.6 points per game after dropping an historic 60-point triple-double on Tuesday.

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