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Despite No All-Star Nod, Joel Embiid Has Freed Himself From External Validation

PHILADELPHIA — It's almost 11 p.m., Eastern time, on a frigid Saturday night in Philadelphia, but no one is warmer than Joel Embiid. He's just scored 40 points for the first time in two years.

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