Joel embiid vs karl anthony towns stats

Q: Are Karl Anthony Towns and Joel embiid friends?

Timberwolves Karl Anthony-Towns Reveals Hes on Good Terms With Joel Embiid. Before they were NBA rivals, Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl Anthony-Towns and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid were friends in high school. Like many NBA hopefuls, Towns and Embiid had a relationship far before entering the pros.

This is the detail of NBA games in which Joel Embiid and Karl-Anthony Towns played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

They faced each other a total of 9 times in NBA games. Joel Embiid has a 7-2 winning record over Karl-Anthony Towns. They never met in the Playoffs.

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This is the detail of NBA games in which Joel Embiid and Karl-Anthony Towns played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.
Games Played Against Each Other
Summary of Victories
Stats in Games Between Them
Head To Head Games Played: One by One
Are Karl Anthony Towns and Joel embiid friends?
Who did Joel embiid get in a fight with?

Games Played Against Each Other


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2022-23
Joel Embiid: 2017 to 2022
Karl-Anthony Towns: 2016 to 2022

9 Games played

9 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Stats in Games Between Them

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Joel Embiid	7 games	3 games	5 games	3 games	4 games
Karl-Anthony Towns	2 games	5 games	2 games	5 games	2 games
Both had same stat	0 games	1 game	2 games	1 game	3 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One


2016-17 Season
Game		Player	Pts	TRb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 17, 2016
1.	76ers	86		Joel Embiid	10	10	0	0	1	2	3	22	4-9	.444	0-1	.000	2-4	.500
	Timberwolves	110		Karl-Anthony Towns	25	10	0	0	2	1	2	38	12-18	.667	1-2	.500	0-0	-
	Jan. 03, 2017
2.	76ers	93		Joel Embiid	25	8	3	1	2	3	3	30	8-20	.400	1-3	.333	8-11	.727
	Timberwolves	91		Karl-Anthony Towns	23	16	5	0	2	3	2	37	9-22	.409	1-6	.167	4-4	1.000


2017-18 Season
Game		Player	Pts	TRb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 12, 2017
3.	76ers	118		Joel Embiid	28	12	8	0	1	2	5	39	8-16	.500	1-1	1.000	11-12	.917
OT	Timberwolves	112		Karl-Anthony Towns	19	16	2	4	3	1	4	48	6-16	.375	0-4	.000	7-10	.700
	Mar. 24, 2018
4.	76ers	120		Joel Embiid	19	6	2	0	3	1	2	24	6-12	.500	1-3	.333	6-8	.750
	Timberwolves	108		Karl-Anthony Towns	15	11	1	1	1	5	4	23	3-15	.200	2-6	.333	7-8	.875


2018-19 Season
Game		Player	Pts	TRb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 15, 2019
5.	76ers	149		Joel Embiid	31	13	3	0	1	4	4	27	10-17	.588	4-6	.667	7-8	.875
	Timberwolves	107		Karl-Anthony Towns	13	3	2	2	0	1	2	28	4-10	.400	2-4	.500	3-3	1.000


2019-20 Season
Game		Player	Pts	TRb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Oct. 30, 2019
6.	76ers	117		Joel Embiid	19	5	2	1	1	1	2	20	7-14	.500	1-1	1.000	4-4	1.000
	Timberwolves	95		Karl-Anthony Towns	13	6	1	2	1	3	2	23	5-7	.714	3-5	.600	0-0	-


2020-21 Season
Game		Player	Pts	TRb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Apr. 03, 2021
7.	76ers	122		Joel Embiid	24	8	2	0	3	4	3	29	6-14	.429	0-4	.000	12-17	.706
	Timberwolves	113		Karl-Anthony Towns	39	14	5	1	1	2	6	44	11-23	.478	4-12	.333	13-14	.929


2021-22 Season
Game		Player	Pts	TRb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 27, 2021
8.	76ers	120		Joel Embiid	42	14	3	1	2	4	4	45	12-23	.522	2-4	.500	16-21	.762
2OT	Timberwolves	121		Karl-Anthony Towns	28	10	0	0	1	3	6	37	11-16	.688	3-5	.600	3-6	.500
	Feb. 25, 2022
9.	76ers	133		Joel Embiid	34	10	3	1	0	2	3	31	10-18	.556	3-5	.600	11-13	.846
	Timberwolves	102		Karl-Anthony Towns	25	7	3	0	0	1	3	34	8-19	.421	2-6	.333	7-7	1.000

Are Karl Anthony Towns and Joel embiid friends?

Timberwolves' Karl Anthony-Towns Reveals He's on Good Terms With Joel Embiid. Before they were NBA rivals, Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl Anthony-Towns and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid were friends in high school. Like many NBA hopefuls, Towns and Embiid had a relationship far before entering the pros.

Who did Joel embiid get in a fight with?

Joel Embiid, Karl-Anthony Towns suspended after fight and escalating antics. Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns were suspended two games without pay on Thursday for their roles in a physical altercation during the third quarter of Wednesday's game.