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76ers' Joel Embiid, Lakers' Anthony Davis Win Player of the Month

Joel Embiid and Anthony Davis are the final Players of the Month.
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76ers' Joel Embiid, Lakers' Anthony Davis Win Player of the Month
76ers' Joel Embiid, Lakers' Anthony Davis Win Player of the Month

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Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid ended the 2022-2023 NBA season strong with another monthly honor. According to the NBA, Embiid has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for games played in March and April.

During that stretch, Embiid helped lead the Sixers to a 15-7 record. In that time, Embiid averaged 33 points, nine rebounds, and four assists per game. The big man’s contributions helped the Sixers officially book their ticket to the playoffs once again, clinching the Eastern Conference’s third seed.

By winning Player of the Month once again, Embiid collected the accolade for the third time this season. He also won it in back-to-back months in December and January.

In total, Embiid holds seven Player of the Month awards in his career. He is now the first NBA player since 2019-2020 to win the monthly award three times in a single season. He’s the first member of the Sixers’ organization to do it. 

Joining Embiid as the Western Conference’s Player of the Month is the Los Angeles Lakers big man, Anthony Davis. As Davis helped the Lakers to a 14-6 record over the stretch of games in March and April, Davis averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds, and two blocks per game.

Justin Grasso covers the Philadelphia 76ers for All76ers, a Sports Illustrated channel. You can follow him for live updates on Twitter: @JGrasso_.

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Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s Philadelphia 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia Threads: @JGrassoMedia

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