The NBA All-Star – who has been tipped as a potential league MVP – got the scoreboard up and running inside the first couple of minutes of the new season against Boston Celtics.
While there was nothing special about the basket, as he tipped it in from a lay-off for two points, it got the 76ers off to a good start in the first quarter.
Embiid, meanwhile, revealed before the game how he was inspired by the likes of Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard when growing up.
He said: “The way they moved, and the athleticism, I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.
“I had that moment like, ‘I just wanna do that.’
“Imagine it. I’m out there shooting bricks, yelling out ‘Kobe,’ on a busted hoop in Cameroon. Seven years later, I was playing Kobe.”
After being drafted as the third overall pick for the 2014 NBA draft by the 76ers, Embiid revealed he was given a DVD of Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon to instruct him how to play.
He added: “He [my first basketball coach in Cameroon] told me to watch it every day.
“After practice, after every practice, I’d watch every move [Olajuwon] did — and I’d just keep doing that.
“I just fell in love with his game, his footwork, how he moves.
“I was so proud — I wanted to be like him, because he’s African, moved from Nigeria to the US.
“I just felt if I had the chance to come here, I would try to do the same thing.”