The 76ers star center delivered arguably his best performance of the entire season on Tuesday.
MVP race appears to be over with less than a week remaining in the regular season.The 76ers star center delivered arguably his best performance of the entire season on Tuesday, scoring 52 points with 13 rebounds on 20-of-25 shooting to bury the Celtics in a critical game for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference., where he’s now dealing as an overwhelming -600 favorite to win the award – well ahead of two-time MVP winners Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo .
Embiid, who’s finished second behind Jokic each of the last two seasons, made an inspired push over the last month andJoel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers shoots over Al HorfordThen Jokic hit the bench for three games, and Embiid was dealing as the -210 favorite again as recently as Tuesday morning.
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