PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Joel Embiid set a 76ers team record Monday night , dropping 70 points on the San Antonio Spurs. The Sixers won 133-123 and Embiid also added 18 rebounds.
The head-turning stat was the talk of the association and will likely stick out in MVP voters’ minds come the end of this season. Embiid’s main competitor for the title the past few seasons, Nikola Jokić, has a career high of 50 points in one game.
But with all the talk about Embiid setting a team record, some are bringing up the late great Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain. Embiid broke Chamberlain’s 76ers record of 68 points, set on Dec. 16, 1967.
Chamberlain, a Philadelphia basketball legend, still holds spots Nos. 1, 3, 4, 7 and 12 on the NBA’s all-time points in a single game list .
But all of those performances – including Wilt’s league-record 100-point game on March 2, 1962 – were for the Philadelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriors.