Philadelphia 76ers centre and league-scoring champion Joel Embiid has earned his first National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP trophy, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.The 29-year-old from Yaoundé, Cameroon averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game.Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career, but again has been hit with injuries in the playoffs. He has been sidelined with a sprained right knee that cost him one game of the playoff sweep against Brooklyn and the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Boston, which was won by Philadelphia on Monday night.
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