Joel Embiid throws game-winner like Kobe Bryant, choking upstream against Blazers

After being traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, professional striker Matisse Thybulle had his first encounter with his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers. He was having a good game and playing on both fronts, but then this emotional return was ruined by Joel Embiid's too high form.

The Philadelphia 76ers' Bigman All-Star scored 39 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. In particular, Embiid launched an extremely beautiful game-winner to put the Sixers ahead 120-119 when the fourth half was only 1.1 seconds. That is also the final score of this match.

Joel Embiid's throw is an average turn-around fadeaway, an image that reminds fans of the forte of the late Kobe Bryant or "Mr. Air" Michael Jordan.

"A striker can't make a pitch like that, but when someone is confident enough and throws it at the right moment, it shows how the NBA has changed today," commented commentator. The panelist talks about Joel Embiid's game-winner throw.

Before having the opportunity to sink the opponent, Embiid and his teammates had a series of extremely balanced "gunfights" with the Portland Trail Blazers.If he and Tyrese Maxey continuously scored for the Sixers, then on the other side of the front line, Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons and Jusuf Nurkic took turns responding.

The opportunity to decide the game came to Philly with about 7.2 seconds left in the fourth half, which Joel Embiid took full advantage of and put the 76ers ahead. With 1.1 seconds left on the clock, Damian Lillard failed to finish and the match ended with a score of 120-119.

Interestingly, Embiid's throw to put the team ahead 120-119 was also the only moment where the Philadelphia 76ers led the Portland Trail Blazers. With just 1.1 seconds leading, they won the whole match.

As for Portland, perhaps they can only blame themselves when they lost the game to the opponent and eventually lost the victory. Damian Lillard and his teammates started extremely sublime in the first and second half, throwing in 11 out of 19 3-pointers.

But in the second half of the game, Portland had only 4 successful 3-pointers in 17 throws. Dame personally was closely guarded and didn't have many opportunities to express herself (22 points, 6-15 FG, 2-8 3PT). The top scorer on the Blazers side is Anfernee Simons, the owner of 34 points with 8-12 3PT.

This result helped the Philadelphia 76ers break a series of 2 consecutive defeats at home to Wells Fargo, improving their record to 44-22 to raise hopes of climbing to the top 2 of the Eastern rankings. The next opponent of Embiid and his teammates is the Washington Wizards.

Meanwhile, the Portland Trail Blazers (31-36) are moving away from hopes of making it to the Playoffs, falling to 13th in the West. In the next game, they will come to the field of the New Orleans Pelicans, a direct competitor for the play-in ticket.