Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid had a season-high 43 points as he helped his team defeat the Charlotte Hornets in overtime (127-124).
Despite a dominant performance, the Cameroonian center admitted postgame to not being even close to 100 percent after recovering from coronavirus. Embiid is still feeling effects on his body, but is slowly making progress.
Via Michael Kaskey-Blomain of CBS Sports:
“I’m not even close to [100 percent]. I’m still feeling it,” Embiid said during his postgame walk-off interview. “I get tired easily, feel pretty weak. But every single day [I’m] slowly getting better. So I just got to keep pushing myself. My teammates, they push me. They want me to be making all the plays offensively and defensively, so as long as I got that trust I’m still going to keep pushing.”
This season, Embiid is averaging 22.5 points, 11 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game for the Sixers.
