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After winning all 25 games this season in which he finished with a triple double, Nikola Jokic and Denver surrendered tonight (between Friday and Saturday) precisely to weak San Antonio in the Serbian's 26th triple double.

The Nuggets center is marked as the frontrunner to win a third straight MVP title, but tonight came a statement from another center claiming the crown - Joel Embiid.

Philadelphia's Cameron brought the Sixers back from 21 down on a difficult night against Portland, scoring the winning basket with 1.1 seconds left on the way to a dramatic 119:120 victory.

Embiid finished a great night with 39 points, after scoring 39 and 42 in his previous games.

Embiid has the longest active streak in the league with five consecutive games with over 30 points.

"Philadelphia, he's ours, we're so lucky," tweeted the local "NBC" channel after the winning basket.

"I knew I had to score," said Embiid, "it was the perfect spot on the court."

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As mentioned, the Sixers were on their way to a home loss, and according to James Harden, what made the difference was the improvement on the defensive side after the break: "We made stops when we needed to, it's not the prettiest victory, but we'll take it."

The bearded guard was asked about Embiid's takeover in the clutch, and sent a message: "He works on it every day, that's why he's the MVP of the league."

Embiid himself was a little less forgiving and recalled the mistakes he made during the game: "I'm working on my game, checking what works and what doesn't. Trying to be aggressive and share with the friends, I can be better - tonight I missed the penalty and lost balls."

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The massive renovation of the Lakers at the trade deadline is taking its toll, and now the team from the City of Angels is only one game away from the sixth place that automatically leads to the playoffs.

Even in the absence of LeBron James, Los Angeles managed to register a fourth victory in the last five games when they beat Toronto, when this time they did it on a bad night by Anthony Davis who scored only eight points.

The one who made the difference was one of those reinforcements who arrived last month - DeAngelo Russell.

The point guard who started his NBA career in Los Angeles and recently returned from Minnesota was absent from the six games due to injury, and in the return game he starred with 28 points: "The opponents are lucky that I injured my ankle. I was waiting to explode, enjoy and embrace the challenge. Everyone took a step forward today."

LeBron, who as mentioned continues to sit on the sidelines due to the injury, tweeted at the end of the game: "I love this team."

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