Joel Embiid Makes NBA History While Securing Scoring Title
Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, Joel Hans Embiid makes it to NBA history. The Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid became the first international player to clinch the NBA scoring title. And also the first center to do so since Shaquille O’Neal in the 1999-2000 season. Joel Embiid makes NBA history after setting some records on the way to scoring crown.
Embiid is the 2021-22 NBA scoring champion, beating the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo by a small margin. While Embiid averaged 30.6 points per game, Antetokounmpo finished the regular season with 29.9.
Records hold that, LeBron James was Embiid’s closest competition at 30.3 points per game. Embiid also set the record for playing the fewest minutes per game by a scoring champion. Joel Embiid also became the first center to average over 30 points for a season since Moses Malone did it in 1981-82 when he won MVP.
The 41 points that Joel Embiid scored in their win over on Saturday night was a historical one. With that performance Embiid helped his team to their 50th win of the season and in the process more or less put his hands firmly on the scoring title.
This is indeed a huge win for Cameroon.
