Two nights after the Philadelphia defeated the Charlotte Hornets in overtime, the two clubs will be back at it on the same court at the Spectrum Center. The Sixers prevailed Monday night almost entirely due to the exploits of Joel Hans Embiid, who scored a season-high 43 points and scored or assisted on every Philadelphia field goal for the final 10 minutes of the game.
Fortunately for the Sixers, Embiid has mostly looked like his old self after his COVID-related absence, scoring at least 42 points in two of his five subsequent games. Against an undersized Hornets frontcourt, missing Mason Plumlee as one of Charlotte’s five players on the healthy and safety protocols list, Joel should absolutely eat again tonight.