For the second time, the NBA will have an international player as its scoring champion.
It will be the second time in as many years.
But it might not be the same player.
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, who was born in Cameroon, is on the cusp of becoming a back-to-back scoring champion, though Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, who is from Slovenia, is giving him a challenge and might take that race down to the wire.
Embiid opened up a bit of breathing room Sunday, when he had 28 points in the 76ers’ loss to the Milwaukee Bucks while Doncic scored 28 in the Mavericks’ overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks.