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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Joel Embiid's top 5 moments in crimson and blue
BRIAN HILLIX
sports@kansan.com
THE DREAM SHAKE
1. THE DREAM SHINE
Relatively quiet in his first nine games, Embiid exploded onto the scene against New Mexico at the Sprint Center on an 80-63 Kansas victory on Dec. 14. Up against a formidable front court duo in New Mexico forwards Alex Kirk and Cameron Bairstow, Embiid finished with 18 points, six rebounds, four blocks and three steals, highlighting his abilities on both ends of the floor. He was ultra-efficient, making five of six field goals and eight of 10 free throws. Said by many to resemble NBA Hall-of-Famer Hakeem
Olajuwon, Embiid showcased one of Olajuwon's trademark moves in this game, the "Dream Shake" — he completed a series of fakes and spins to shake loose of Kirk and convert on a wide-open layup. Embiid caught the nation's attention after this game and would soon be projected by multiple experts as the number one pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.
2. FRESHMAN BLOCKS RECORD
With his first block of the game against Texas on Feb. 22 at Allen Fieldhouse, Embiid broke Eric Chenowith's Kansas freshman record of 62 blocks in a season, a record that stood for 16 years. Embiid finished with six blocks on the night, five of
them coming in a dominating first half that saw Kansas take a 28-point lead into halftime. He ended with 13 points and seven rebounds, eclipsing the 200-rebound mark for the season — just the fifth freshman at Kansas to do so. Arguably his best dunk of the season came in the first half, receiving a Naadir Tharpe pass on a fast break and throwing down a monster dunk to push the Kansas lead to 22. The Jayhawks would go on to win 85-54 over the second-place Longhorns and increased their Big 12 lead to three games.
3. NEAR TRIPLE-DOUBLE
Taking advantage of a smaller Oklahoma State team, Embiid
had 13 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high eight blocks in an 80-78 win over the No. 9 Cowboys on Jan. 18 at Allen Fieldhouse. With Oklahoma State mounting a comeback after halftime, Embiid scored nine points and blocked five shots in the second half alone to keep the game in the Jayhawks' control. He helped make up for struggling Perry Ellis, who finished with just six points., The eight blocks set a single-game Kansas freshman record.
4. BIG SECOND HALF
ON BIG MONDAY
Embiid had his most dominating three-minute stretch of the season in the
second half at Iowa State on Jan. 13. The 7-footer had eight points, two rebounds and a block over a three-minute span, helping Kansas regain a double-digit lead and pull out a 77-70 win over the No. 8 Cyclones. He did an admirable job of guarding crafty Iowa State forward Georges Niang, who finished with 11 points shooting 4-for-20 from the floor and 0-for-9 from three-point range. Embiid tallied 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocks on the evening.
5. RETURN AGAINST THE RED RAIDERS
In a slump at the time, Embid was averaging 7.5 points in the last four games and sat
out against Texas Christian University on Feb. 15. He broke out of that slump in a big way against Texas Tech in Lubbock, scoring 18 points and hauling down eight rebounds in a narrow victory over the Red Raiders on Feb. 18. With the Jayhawks down one and 30 seconds to go in the game, Embiid got a huge rebound after an Andrew Wiggins miss and dunked it back in to give Kansas the lead. In a game where starters Perry Ellis, Naadir Tharpe and Wayne Selden Jr. struggled, Embiid's big night helped the Jayhawks gain a two-game lead over Texas in the Big 12 race.
Edited by Blair Sheade
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