Joel Embiid is on pace to win his second consecutive scoring title. And James Harden is on pace to win his second assist title. Teammates haven't claimed those titles in the same season since the early '80s.
The individual success of Joel Embiid and James Harden have been great for the 76ers.
“That’s the secret,” Rivers continued. “There’s a lot of guys that do well individually on their team, and their team doesn’t win. These guys are doing it in a way where they’re doing it and still helping the team win games, making each guy on the team better because of them.”Dominating both ends of the court, Sixers’ Joel Embiid should dethrone Nikola Jokić as MVPWith Embiid and Harden leading the way, the Sixers took a 44-22 record into their matchup with the Wizards.
A pair of teammates haven’t won those titles in the same season since 1982 when the San Antonio Spurs’ George Gervin won the scoring title and Johnny Moore led the league in assists per game. Forty-one seasons later, Embiid is averaging a league-best 33.4 points, just ahead of Dallas Mavericks point guard Luka Dončić, the league’s second-leading scorer at 33.0 points per game.
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