
Joel Embiid scored a devastating joint career-high 50 points in just 27 minutes to help lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 123-110 victory over the Orlando Magic on a Thursday of solo dominance in the NBA.
The star center shot 17 of 23 from the floor and 15 of 17 from the free throw line, adding 12 rebounds and two assists during an imperious display in front of his home fans at the Wells Fargo Center.
A four-time NBA All-Star, Embiid has incredibly only scored less than 30 points once this January — a 25-point outing in a Sixers victory over the Boston Celtics.
His 27-minute-three-second frenzy was the fewest minutes played in a 50-point, 10-rebound game since 1954-55 — the dawn of the shot-clock era — according to ESPN Stats and Info.
Mo Bamba posted a career-high 32 points for the floundering Magic — rooted bottom of the Eastern Conference with an NBA-worst 8-38 season record — but was powerless to stop Embiid and the Sixers from rising to 26-18.









