Are you interested in watching a duel between two of the most talented big men in the league, specifically ones who have had their commitment to conditioning and fitness questioned somewhat regularly by national pundits? If so, have I got a game for you.
For the second time this season, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic will square off. In the first meeting last month in Denver, the two played a prominent role in the final outcome, a 100-97 win for the Nuggets. Playing without Ben Simmons, Philadelphia allowed a 21-point lead to dissipate. Then, down one in the final second, Embiid was called for an offensive foul, a play the official report later reviewed should have been a foul on Nikola Jokic.