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Joel Embiid scored a career-high 59 points as he led the Philadelphia 76ers to a 105-98 win over the Utah Jazz.<\/span><\/p>\n The 28-year-old set a season-high record for points scored in an NBA game, and also had 11 rebounds, eight assists and seven blocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 76ers coach Doc Rivers said he had “never seen a more dominating performance when you combine offense and defence”.<\/span><\/p>\n The victory was the 76ers’ third in four games.<\/span><\/p>\n Cameroonian Embiid became the first player to record at least 50 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five blocks in a game since blocks became an official stat in 1973.<\/span><\/p>\n “We did it as a team. Obviously, the coaches put me in those positions and my team-mates fed me the ball,” said Embiid.<\/span><\/p>\n “I thought we had great spacing around everything we were doing. Like I said, all the credit goes to my team-mates.”<\/span><\/p>\n Embiid’s 59 points came after the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland had become the first player to hit the 50-point mark this season.<\/span><\/p>\n Garland, 22, scored 51 points but couldn’t save his side from a 129-124 defeat by the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/span><\/p>\n