MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - APRIL 02: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers is defended by Brook Lopez #11 of the Milwaukee Bucks during the second half of a game at Fiserv Forum on April 02, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
NOTE TO USER: User expressly PHILADELPHIA - For the second time, the NBA will have an international player as its scoring champion.It will be the second time in as many years.Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid — who was born in Cameroon — is on the cusp of becoming a back-to-back scoring champion, though he and Dallas’ Luka Doncic might take that race down to the wire.Embiid opened up a bit of breathing room on Sunday, when he had 28 points in the 76ers’ loss to Milwaukee while Doncic — who is from Slovenia — scored 28 in the Mavericks’ overtime loss to Atlanta.Embiid now has 2,110 points in 64 games; that’s an average of 32.97 per game.
Doncic has 2,096 points, also in 64 games; that’s an average of 32.75 per game.Philadelphia has four games remaining, Dallas has three.
No NBA games were being played Monday, with the league taking off the day of the NCAA men's Division I championship game.Portland’s Damian Lillard is third in the scoring race at 32.2 points per game.