NBA Game Notes (Dec. 6, 2023)

Here are the NBA game notes for games that were played on December 6, 2023.

Embiid Drops 50

Joel Embid scored a season-high 50 points as the Philadelphia 76ers outscored the Washington Wizards 131-126. It’s the sixth 50-point game of Embiid’s career, the third-most such games in franchise history behind Wilt Chamberlain (11) and Allen Iverson (10). Those three are the only Sixers to record multiple 50-point games.

Embiid also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and dished out seven assists. He and Chamberlain are the only players in franchise history to record a 50-point, 10-rebound, 5-assist game, each with four.

Embiid shot 19-29 from the field and made 11 of his 13 free throws. It’s the fifth time he’s made at least 10 field goals and 10 free throws in a game this season, the most such games in the NBA.

Teammate Tyrese Maxey scored 26 points on 10-20 shooting from the floor and tied Embiid for team-high honors with seven assists. Embiid and Maxey have each recorded at least 25 points and five assists in the same game seven times this season. Over the last 60 seasons, no other duo has produced more such games through their team’s first 20 games.

The Wizards’ Tyus Jones scored 20 points (8- 11 field goals), handed out eight assists, and committed just one turnover. Jones has recorded 101 assists and 13 turnovers this season, a ratio of 7.77-to-1. That’s the highest such figure through a player’s first 20 games of a season since the NBA began tracking individual turnovers in 1977-78 (minimum 100 assists).

The Wizards have allowed at least 130 points 10 times this season. The only team in NBA history with more such games through their first 20 games of a season is the 1990-91 Denver Nuggets with 13.

The Wizards have lost 12 of their last 13 games and have an overall record of 3-17. That matches the worst 20-game start in franchise history (2012-13).