Embiid scores and then impressively "air-punches" a ref without getting a technical

Embiid with 3 basketball plays

Joel Embiid elbows LaMelo Ball in the face and is called for the foul and the Sixers successfully challenge the call due to a foul prior by LaMelo with replaysEmbiid still got a tech for the elbow

Embiid with the emphatic block on Ayo Dosunmu

Joel Embiid comes from out of NOWHERE to swat away Brandon Miller's game-tying three-point attempt to preserve the Sixers' 3-point lead with just 7 seconds left

- Joel Embiid throws it down with force to give him 27 points early in the 3rd quarter

After nearly a month sidelined Joel Embiid returns with a dominant 1st quarter 6-of-6 FG 3-of-3 from deep and 15 points