Joel Embiid denies Anthony Davis with block (Video)
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid denied New Orleans Pelicans superstar Anthony Davis with a monster block.
The Philadelphia 76ers and New Orleans Pelicans may not be the two best teams in the league, but they boast young talent and two of the best big men in the game. It was a battle between Joel Embiid and Anthony Davis and fans were in for quite the show on Thursday night.
Both Embiid and Davis went at each other relentlessly, but it was Embiid that had the play of the night against Davis. As Davis worked his way to the hoop, Embiid shifted over and went up to meet Davis up high. However, Davis wasn’t quite right ready for the growing monster that is “The Process.”
Embiid would deny Davis and send his shot back in extraordinary fashion. Everyone loves a battle between the two big guys on the court and this has been a battle that people have been anticipating for a while now.
With Embiid coming into his own as the future of the 76ers, he had a big test against a guy that has been doing it consistently for a while now. Davis has been putting defenders to shame for a while now with his ability to use his length to score at the hoop.
Fortunately for Philadelphia, Embiid has great length too and had no issue showing that he was there to swat the superstar away. With a growing highlight reel in his first year of being healthy, this might be Embiid’s best play yet.