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Joel Embiid Wraps Up Season With Another Player of the Week Accolade

Last Sunday, the Philadelphia 76ers needed a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers to make their trip to the 2022 NBA Playoffs official. Joel Embiid's 44-point
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Joel Embiid Wraps Up Season With Another Player of the Week Accolade
Joel Embiid Wraps Up Season With Another Player of the Week Accolade

Last Sunday, the Philadelphia 76ers needed a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers to make their trip to the 2022 NBA Playoffs official.

Joel Embiid's 44-point outing in Cleveland helped the Sixers seal the deal. While Philly punched their ticket to the playoffs as early as last Sunday, they still had an opportunity to possibly move up in the Eastern Conference rankings.

Therefore, Joel Embiid was fortunate to keep playing and packing on the statistics as he makes another run to possibly win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award.

Last Tuesday against the Indiana Pacers, Embiid checked in for 38 minutes and scored a game-high of 45 points in the nine-point win over Indiana. Two nights later, he followed up that performance with a 30-point outing in the 37 minutes he appeared on the court against the Toronto Raptors.

While last Thursday's loss against Toronto hurt the Sixers' chances of notching the third seed, the Sixers continued to roll with Embiid in the starting lineup, having him play for 36 minutes this past Saturday against the Pacers once again.

For the third time within a week, Embiid notched over 40 points. After wrapping up Saturday's outing with a 13-point victory, Embiid played his last minutes of the regular season as he got Sunday's game against the Detroit Pistons off.

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One day after officially becoming the NBA's scoring champion for the 2021-2022 NBA season, Embiid was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. 

With that, Embiid earned his second Player of the Week selection this season, making it seven total for his career. He joins elite company as Allen Iverson is the only Sixers player to earn Player of the Week honors at least seven times in his career. 

Justin Grasso covers the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated. 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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