No, not Tuesday night, but in November 2018.
The Delaware Blue Coats, the 76ers’ NBA G League affiliate, hosted the Canton Charge in Philadelphia at The Center. The momentous occasion included a giveaway for the first 10,000 fans: a free, limited-edition Joel Embiid bobblehead.
Among those in attendance was Embiid himself, who sat courtside.
Embiid looked on as a then-rookie, two-way contract player scored 15 points to help lead the Blue Coats to victory.
“It felt good,” Shake Milton said in a walkoff interview following the 2018 contest. “The fans are really crazy. It [was] kind of the same energy [as] when the Sixers play, so you kind of got a feel for what it would be like. And we were lucky enough to get the win.”