{"id":489157,"date":"2024-12-21T02:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T06:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=489157"},"modified":"2024-12-21T02:47:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T06:47:37","slug":"embiid-returns-with-34-points-to-help-76ers-beat-hornets-108-98","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/embiid-returns-with-34-points-to-help-76ers-beat-hornets-108-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Embiid returns with 34 points to help 76ers beat Hornets 108-98"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/joel-embiid\/\">Joel Embiid<\/a> made a return to the court in style, scoring 34 points and adding nine assists while wearing a protective mask, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/philadelphia-76ers\/\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> defeated the Charlotte Hornets 108-98 on Friday night. Embiid, who missed the previous game due to a sinus fracture, received a rousing ovation during player introductions and delivered a dominant performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Masked Embiid tonight \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>34 POINTS<br \/>\n9 ASSISTS<br \/>\n5 REBOUNDS<br \/>\n2 BLOCKS<br \/>\n2 STEALS<br \/>\n12\/24 FG<br \/>\n8\/9 FT<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s BACK. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realapp_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realapp_<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GMtHmCAyDw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GMtHmCAyDw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1870294821371605291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 76ers improved to 9-16 with their fourth win in five games, fueled by Embiid&#8217;s 22 points through the first three quarters and a strong first-quarter surge. Tyrese Maxey contributed to Philadelphia&#8217;s hot start, hitting four 3-pointers in the opening period as the team shot 56% from the floor, building an early 18-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Oubre Jr. added 22 points for the 76ers, combining with Maxey for eight of the team&#8217;s 12 made 3-pointers. Philadelphia\u2019s recent form has them inching closer to a play-in tournament position despite their sub-.500 record.<\/p>\n<p>The Hornets, led by Vasilije Micic\u2019s 20 points, continued their struggles with a fourth consecutive loss and 12 defeats in their last 13 games. The team&#8217;s inability to contain Embiid and the Sixers&#8217; perimeter shooting proved costly as they fell further down the standings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xS8tkL47xNw?si=gxeQ10R8soBwE8nx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Embiid made a return to the court in style, scoring 34 points and adding nine assists while wearing a protective mask, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":489158,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17122,16841,16840],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17888,18479,17913],"acf":{"announce":"Philly got their fourth win in five games","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489160,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489157\/revisions\/489160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489157"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=489157"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=489157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}