Fully established in his role as arguably the NBA’s most unguardable offensive force, Joel Embiid has somehow unearthed an even-higher stratosphere in 2023-24. Equal parts brilliant on both sides of the floor, the reigning Most Valuable Player remains locked in, marauding a passing lane for a steal to set the stage for his historic fastbreak. Sensing the crowd’s growing hysteria with a 70-point performance just one bucket away, Embiid finds a left-sided lane and goes bowling, dropping in a layup to become both NBA history’s ninth player to reach that mark, and the 76ers’ single-game scoring leader. The transcendent star’s final statline on January 22, 2024 — 70 points, 18 rebounds, five assists, one block, and one steal in just 39 minutes — also made him the league’s first to ever reach those milestones. · Jan 23, 2024