Embiid strengthens MVP bid, 76ers hold off Pelicans 109-107

— Joel Embiid had 37 points and 13 rebounds to the tune of “MVP! MVP!” chants and the Philadelphia 76ers inched closer toward securing the top spot in the East with a 109-107 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.
May 8, 2021, 03:47 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--PHI

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Joel Embiid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tobias Harris assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry makes 18-foot step back jumpshot (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Naji Marshall makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 10-foot two point shot (Tobias Harris assists)
  • James Johnson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • James Johnson makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Seth Curry makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Willy Hernangomez misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Tobias Harris misses running pullup jump shot
  • Eric Bledsoe misses running pullup jump shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 12-foot jumper
  • Lonzo Ball misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Naji Marshall misses two point shot
  • Tobias Harris misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Lonzo Ball misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ben Simmons makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Willy Hernangomez assists)
  • Tobias Harris misses driving floating jump shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes driving floating jump shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Joel Embiid makes two point shot
  • Naji Marshall misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Danny Green makes 2-foot dunk (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Lonzo Ball makes 27-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Danny Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Lonzo Ball misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid makes two point shot (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Willy Hernangomez misses driving floating jump shot
  • Willy Hernangomez makes tip shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tobias Harris makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Lonzo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naji Marshall misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Danny Green misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Lonzo Ball misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kira Lewis Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kira Lewis Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tobias Harris misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (Naji Marshall assists)
  • George Hill makes free throw 1 of 2
  • George Hill makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kira Lewis Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Wenyen Gabriel misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kira Lewis Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • George Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Lonzo Ball misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Shake Milton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shake Milton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 2-foot layup (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
  • George Hill makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Shake Milton assists)
  • Lonzo Ball misses 28-foot three point shot
  • Wenyen Gabriel misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • George Hill makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Dwight Howard assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Matisse Thybulle misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shake Milton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dwight Howard assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe misses two point shot
  • Jaxson Hayes makes dunk
  • Dwight Howard makes alley oop dunk shot (Shake Milton assists)
  • Wenyen Gabriel misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Scott makes three point shot (Shake Milton assists)
  • Kira Lewis Jr. makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Shake Milton misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Seth Curry makes 26-foot three pointer (Matisse Thybulle assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes two point shot (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Dwight Howard misses alley oop layup
  • Kira Lewis Jr. misses two point shot
  • Seth Curry makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 1-foot dunk (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
  • Kira Lewis Jr. makes two point shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (Wes Iwundu assists)
  • Tobias Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jaxson Hayes misses tip shot
  • Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Danny Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe makes two point shot
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kira Lewis Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ben Simmons makes tip shot
  • Willy Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Willy Hernangomez misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Seth Curry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Danny Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Danny Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Seth Curry assists)
  • Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Joel Embiid makes dunk (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Seth Curry makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Jaxson Hayes makes tip shot
  • Joel Embiid makes driving layup
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Ben Simmons makes two point shot
  • Lonzo Ball misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Lonzo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Seth Curry misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Naji Marshall misses 53-foot three point shot
  • Naji Marshall misses driving layup
  • Willy Hernangomez makes tip shot
  • Tobias Harris misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Lonzo Ball misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 17-foot jumper
  • Lonzo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Naji Marshall makes 1-foot dunk (Willy Hernangomez assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 17-foot jumper (Ben Simmons assists)
  • James Johnson makes two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Lonzo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Seth Curry assists)
  • Willy Hernangomez makes two point shot (James Johnson assists)
  • Seth Curry misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Willy Hernangomez makes two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
  • Danny Green misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Joel Embiid makes 18-foot jumper
  • Joel Embiid misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Ben Simmons misses tip shot
  • Willy Hernangomez misses alley oop layup
  • Willy Hernangomez makes two point shot
  • Joel Embiid makes 12-foot two point shot
  • James Johnson makes driving layup (Willy Hernangomez assists)
  • Ben Simmons misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Naji Marshall misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tobias Harris makes driving layup
  • James Johnson makes layup (Lonzo Ball assists)
  • Seth Curry misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Lonzo Ball makes two point shot (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Joel Embiid misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Naji Marshall misses two point shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 27-foot three point shot (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Lonzo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lonzo Ball misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Tobias Harris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Shake Milton misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Wenyen Gabriel makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaxson Hayes assists)
  • Mike Scott misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kira Lewis Jr. makes 2-foot two point shot (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Kira Lewis Jr. makes 28-foot three point shot (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Kira Lewis Jr. makes 1-foot dunk
  • George Hill misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Eric Bledsoe misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shake Milton misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe misses two point shot
  • George Hill makes 19-foot jumper (Dwight Howard assists)
  • Kira Lewis Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 15-foot two point shot
  • George Hill misses two point shot
  • Wenyen Gabriel makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaxson Hayes assists)
  • Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Wenyen Gabriel misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Wenyen Gabriel misses tip shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
  • George Hill makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 19-foot jumper
  • Wenyen Gabriel makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaxson Hayes assists)
  • Danny Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tobias Harris makes 28-foot three point shot (Ben Simmons assists)
  • Wes Iwundu misses driving floating jump shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tobias Harris makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Seth Curry assists)
  • Ben Simmons misses two point shot
  • Lonzo Ball misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Wes Iwundu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Wes Iwundu makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ben Simmons makes 6-foot two point shot (Seth Curry assists)
  • James Johnson makes two point shot (Willy Hernangomez assists)
  • Joel Embiid misses 8-foot two point shot
  • James Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Tobias Harris misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Danny Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Lonzo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Naji Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid misses layup
  • Willy Hernangomez misses layup
  • Seth Curry misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Danny Green misses tip shot
  • Lonzo Ball makes layup (Willy Hernangomez assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Joel Embiid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Willy Hernangomez misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Seth Curry assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Joel Embiid misses pullup jump shot
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