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Joel Embiid reacted to the news of becoming the only player with multiple 50-point games.

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Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid became the only player in the NBA to have multiple 50-point games this season.

Player of the Game EFF 53 Joel Embiid Points 53 Accuracy 20-32 Rebounds 12 Assists 3

In a 131-113 win against the Charlotte Hornets, Embiid accumulated 53 points (18/29 2PT, 2/3 3PT, 11/11 FT), 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, and 2 turnovers.

Embiid became the third player in Sixers history to have multiple 50-point games in the same season, joiningAllen Iverson(2000-01 and 2004-05) andWilt Chamberlain(1965-66 and 1967-68).

It is also the 30th game in Embiid's career with 40 points and 10 rebounds. The only other player in franchise history to accomplish that feat was Chamberlain.

"We won,'' Embiid said. "It's good to do that when you win. ... I'm just happy that I'm contributing when we are winning.''

In one of the stretches in a game, Embiid made three successive 2-and-1 plays. The 76ers star says the team had to go for it since it was working.

"We have a saying that you have to feed the hot hand,'' Embiid said. "... You got to keep feeding them until the defense stops it once or twice or three times in that situation. I just kept scoring, and they just kept giving me the ball.''

Embiid also received praise from his teammate James Harden and Hornets head coach Steve Clifford.

"He was in attack mode for the entire game,'' said Harden, who contributed with 19 points and 6 assists. "He made scoring look easy tonight. He was aggressive getting to the basket, and his jumper was falling.''

"We had good intent tonight,'' Clifford said. "The first six or seven minutes of the game, we had good defense. Our transition defense was a problem tonight, and we have to fix that. Besides Joel, that was the story of the first half. But we did a lot of good things."

After tonight, Embiid averages 33.4 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game.

With a 14-12 record, the 76ers stand in 5th place in the Eastern Conference.

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