Sixers' Embiid ups 30-10 streak to 13 games, downplays ankle injury - ESPN

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid played through an ankle injury to push his 30-10 streak to 13 games, finishing with 31 points and 10 rebounds in the Philadelphia 76ers' 121-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

Embiid scored all 31 points after landing awkwardly trying to block a shot with 5:25 left in the first quarter.

The 30-10 streak is the longest in the NBA since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it for 16 straight games in 1971-72. Just two other players in league history have recorded 30 points and 10 rebounds in at least 13 straight — Elgin Baylor (15 straight in 1961-62) and Wilt Chamberlain (six different times).

Embiid also scored 30 points or more in 14 straight games, the most in the NBA since James Harden had a 32-game run in 2018-19.

Joel Embiid is the first player to score 30-plus points in 20 of his first 25 games of a season since Michael Jordan in 1986-87. A look at the most 30-point games through the first 25 games of a season in NBA history:

Through the 25 games he's played this season, the star big man has accumulated some gaudy numbers. Of note:

• He's the first player to record 850 points, 250 rebounds and 150 assists through his first 25 games.

• He's the first player to score 30-plus points in 20 of his first 25 games since Michael Jordan in 1986-87.

• He's the fourth player to average 1 point per minute in at least 25 games in the shot-clock era, joining Chamberlain, Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Embiid had an early scare Friday. He briefly went to the locker room after scoring just two points in the first quarter but returned in the second and had 11 points at halftime.

«I saw that I wasn't being aggressive,» Embiid said. «But then I let the game come to me. I didn't force shots and in