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NBA All-Star Game: Team Giannis hands Team LeBron first-ever defeat

Team Giannis emerged victorious as they defeated Team LeBron 184–175 in Sunday's NBA All Star Game at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, handing the latter their first-ever loss in an All-Star Game. https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1627527697567039490?t=Ksmil43A2na-FINSDPuUIA&s=19 In a first-of-its-kind pre-game draft that saw team captains Giannis Antetokounmpo (East) and LeBron James (West) pick their preferred players just before the game, Antetokounmpo went first and James second as...

NBA: Giannis outshines Embiid in week 15

by Ibikunle Salako

30 January 2023

Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo was the star of the weekend as he erupted for 50 points in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 135-110 blowout victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. The Greek-Nigerian outshone Cameroon and Philadelphia 76ers’ big man Joel Embiid, who scored 47 points, grabbed ten rebounds, had three steals, and had two blocks in the battle against reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and his Denver...

NBA: Ranking top African stars after first quarter of 2022-23 season

Embiid sets new 76ers record with Player of the Month award

by Ibikunle Salako

4 January 2023

Joel Embiid has been named the Kia NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December, setting a new record for the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cameroon-born player was formerly tied at four awards with 76ers legend and Hall of Famer Allen Iverson, but his fifth career Player of the Month award puts him at the top of the honours for the Eastern franchise. In the 13...

Cameroon’s Siakam wins NBA Eastern Conference player of the week

by Ibikunle Salako

29 December 2022

Cameroon-born Pascal Siakam has been named the Eastern Conference player of the week by the National Basketball Association. The Toronto Raptors forward averaged 38.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists in 43.6 minutes per game across three games last week to win the honour for the fifth time in his career. The Raptors won twice and lost just once in three games, with the 28-year-old leading...

Embiid continues hot scoring streak in Philadelphia win

by Ibikunle Salako

12 December 2022

Cameroon-born Joel Embiid was in hot-blazing form in the Philadelphia 76ers' 131–113 win over the Charlotte Hornets at the Wells Fargo Center. He finished the game with 53 points and 12 rebounds in 34 minutes to become the first player in the NBA this season to post two 50-plus point games, following a league-best 59-point effort against the Utah Jazz in November. Amid chants of "MVP"...

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NBA All-Star Game: Team Giannis hands Team LeBron first-ever defeat

NBA: Giannis outshines Embiid in week 15

Embiid sets new 76ers record with Player of the Month award

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Embiid continues hot scoring streak in Philadelphia win

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