PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has put on a clinic in recent games, night in and night out.
He has scored at least 31 points in every game of the Sixers' season-high seven-game winning streak.
According to ESPN, the only other 76ers in history to score at least 30 in seven consecutive games are Hall-of-Famers Allen Iverson, who did it four times, and the late, great Wilt Chamberlain.
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"Obviously those are legends," Embiid said after scoring 31 points in the Sixers 111-91 blowout of the Houston Rockets on Monday.
"Not just Philly legends, but on the whole NBA. I hold myself to that standard of trying to win and be the best or one of the best ever."
Not only that, but according to Sportsradar via NBC Sports Philadelphia, Embiid's nine consecutive road games with at least 30 points is a franchise record.
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Head coach Doc Rivers thought Embiid set the tone for a Sixers team that was down several guards Monday in Houston, as well as facing a Rockets team that was inferior and maybe could have resulted in a 76ers letdown.
"You have a lot of guys out, [and] you plan for a team that's struggling right now," Rivers said.
"You can't come in here and mess around, and I thought Joel was very serious to start the game, and I thought that was big for us."
Embiid has shown a lot of leadership in recent weeks. That adds to the total package that he's displaying during this seven-game winning streak.
