MVP DUEL! Nikola Jokic (25 PTS & 19 REBS) & Joel Embiid (41 PTS & 10 AST) Battle! | January 15, 2024

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Joel Embiid leads the way with 41 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists as the Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Denver Nuggets, 126-121. Tyrese Maxey (25 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists) and Tobias Harris (24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists) added a combined 49 points in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 25 points and 19 rebounds for the Nuggets, while Jamal Murray added 17 points and 10 assists. The 76ers improve to 26-13 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 28-14.

Joel Embiid joins Allen Iverson and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in 76ers franchise history to record multiple games of 40+ points and 10+ assists:
Allen Iverson (10x)
Wilt Chamberlain (3x)
Joel Embiid (2x)

Embiid has scored 30+ pts in 18 consecutive games, trailing only James Harden and Wilt Chamberlain for longest such streak in a single season in NBA History:
James Harden: 32 games (12/13/2018 – 2/12/2019)
Wilt Chamberlain: 4 separate streaks of 30+ points of at least 18 games (longest: 65 games 11/4/1961 – 2/22/1962)

Embiid’s 30+ pts and 10+ reb streak ends at 16 consecutive games, however he extends his 30+ double-double streak (41 pts, 10 ast) to 17 games, the 2nd longest streak in NBA History:
Wilt Chamberlain: 4 separate streaks of at least 17+ games (longest: 65 games 11/4/1961 – 2/22/1962)

With his 18th point tonight, Tyrese Maxey (23yr, 73d) reached 4,000 career points and becomes the youngest player in 76ers franchise history to reach 4K career points, previous:
Thaddeus Young (23yr, 227d) – 2/3/2012