We just can’t have nice things, right?
It was literally just nine days ago when Joel Embiid dropped 38 on the Charlotte Hornets and hung 31 on the Pacers the very next night.
At that point, the league’s leading scorer had surpassed both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic for MVP favorite. And it was just starting to feel as if he might really win this thing.
Oddsmakers clearly thought so, and the discourse had flipped dramatically ever since Embiid outplayed Giannis in Milwaukee earlier in the month, securing a huge win.