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JOEL EMBIID PUT his hands on his head in disbelief the moment the shot fell through the net.
On Sunday night inside the Wells Fargo Center, Tyrese Maxey buried his seventh and final 3-pointer, a 32-foot step-back with just over a minute remaining that put the finishing touch on the first 50-point game of his rapidly ascending career -- and delivered the dagger in the Philadelphia 76ers' eighth straight victory.
But Maxey's night -- he and Embiid combined for 87 points in a 137-126 home win over the Indiana Pacers -- was also a breakthrough moment for the league's reigning Most Valuable Player and a franchise that has been feverishly searching for Embiid's perfect sidekick.