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The NBA won’t rescind the flagrant foul  called on Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid in Game 4 of their first-round series with the Brooklyn Nets. According to Tim Bontempts of ESPN, sources reveal that the league has no plans of rescinding the flagrant foul on the Sixers big man. Per the rules, when a player […]

The NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy Butler and Brooklyn Nets veteran Jared Dudley for initiating the altercation that took place in Game 4 of first round playoff series. Dudley took the brunt of the hit and as he was fined $25,000. Meanwhile, Butler was fined $15,000 for his involvement in the incident. Fortunately, […]

Conventional wisdom said Joel Embiid wouldn’t play in Game 4 of the Philadelphia 76ers’ first-round series with the Brooklyn Nets. Not only did Philadelphia hold a 2-1 lead after winning two straight following Brooklyn’s stunning series-opening victory, but Embiid was also listed as doubtful on Friday after watching Game 3 in street clothes. Unfortunately for […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid made history on Saturday night as he led the Sixers to Game 4 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in their first round playoff series. Embiid finished with 31 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and five blocks in the match. He also had a couple of steals, all while going 12-of-22 […]

Sixers star center Joel Embiid says he’s going to pay small forward Jimmy Butler’s fine for getting ejected in Game 4. Butler and Brooklyn Nets forward Jared Dudley were both ejected in Game 4. After Embiid fouled Nets big man Jarrett Allen hard, Dudley came out of nowhere and shoved Embiid. Butler went right back […]

Following the Philadelphia 76ers’ 112-108 win over the Brooklyn Nets, NBA referee and crew chief Ed Malloy explained the officials’ side on what led to the ejections of Jimmy Butler and Jared Dudley, as well as the flagrant foul called on Joel Embiid, who were all involved in the third quarter melee. The incident started […]

Brooklyn Nets star D’Angelo Russell comes to the defense of veteran teammate Jared Dudley, who was ejected for in Game 4 for pushing Joel Embiid and starting a fight with the Philadelphia 76ers. Embiid was whistled for a Flagrant 1 after a hard foul on Jarrett Allen midway through the third quarter. Dudley, however, has […]

Jared Dudley knew what we was getting himself into. Still, the Brooklyn Nets forward believes the officials overreacted to the fracas in Game 4 between his team and the Philadelphia 76ers that left he and Jimmy Butler ejected. After the Sixers held on to beat the Nets 112-108, Dudley expounded on the incident that began […]

Caris LeVert was on the warpath in the Brooklyn Nets’ Game 4 battle against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. The 24-year-old wing notched his second straight game scoring over 25 points, despite the Nets’ 112-108 blunder. He becomes the franchise’s first player to reach that feat since the New Jersey days with Vince Carter in […]

Philadelphia 76ers small forward Jimmy Butler was ejected in the Sixers’ Game 4 win against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday after he shoved Nets forward Jared Dudley, who pushed Joel Embiid after Embiid fouled Jarrett Allen hard. Embiid was called for a Flagrant 1 foul. Dudley, like Butler, was ejected. Butler and Embiid discussed the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have a 3-1 series lead on the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the playoffs. Sixers star center Joel Embiid had a monster game in Game 4 to give Philly the commanding 3-1 lead. As we all know, Embiid is the biggest troll in the NBA. His Twitter and Instagram captions […]

Jared Dudley has no regrets for instigating a fracas that resulted in he and Jimmy Butler being ejected from Game 4. In fact, the Brooklyn Nets forward apparently wishes he would have shoved Joel Embiid even harder. “If anything, I should have got him worse,” Dudley told Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. After […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstar big man Joel Embiid is the first Sixers player to put up 30 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a playoff game since Charles Barkley did it back in 1990. The Sixers won Game 4 against the Brooklyn Nets and are now up 3-1 in the series. Embiid also had six […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid, originally listed as doubtful, ended up playing in Game 4 against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday, emerging as the best player on the floor despite suffering from nagging left knee pain related to tendonitis. With his team locked in a heated battle and in need of a win before this […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid fouled Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen hard, and all hell broke loose after that. Nets small forward Jared Dudley pushed Embiid. Sixers small forward Jimmy Butler shoved Dudley back. Embiid was called for a Flagrant 1 foul, while Butler and Dudley were ejected for escalating the situation. https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1119699120770383872 This is […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert did not take too kindly to Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid laughing about his elbow into Nets center Jarrett Allen’s face in Game 2 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. LeVert did not get a chance to get his revenge on Embiid in Game 3 on Thursday night, […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will play in Saturday’s Game 4 against the Brooklyn Nets: Embiid will play. — Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) April 20, 2019 Embiid missed the Sixers’ 131-115 Game 3 victory on Thursday due to his nagging knee problems. He has been dealing with these issues since the All-Star break. Embiid played in […]

The Brooklyn Nets will look to even their playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, but they’ll have to do so without Ed Davis, as he has been ruled out for Game 4 of the first-round meeting between both teams: Davis is out for Game 4. #nets #sixers — Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) April 19, […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid may be listed as doubtful on the injury report, but according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Embiid is actually a game-time decision for Game 4 of his team’s first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday afternoon. Embiid has been dealing with knee tendinitis […]

Philadephia 76ers star Jimmy Butler continued to embrace his role as one of the team’s primary leaders during their series with the Brooklyn Nets. The Sixers grabbed a crucial victory at Barclays Center on Thursday night, and they’ll now try to get another win in Game 4 on Saturday. And while Butler has only scored […]

As tall as Boban Marjanovic is, he had huge shoes to fill with the absence of All-Star center Joel Embiid from the Philadelphia 76ers lineup. The 7-foot-3 Serbian made sure that his team didn’t miss a beat as he played another remarkable game with 14 points, eight rebounds and one block in just 18 minutes […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown has been one of the most prominent driving forces of the Sixers this season. He is a no-nonsense type of guy that demands the highest of standards from every member of his squad. However, a recent write-up by ESPN’s Jonathan Gold gives us a bit of a preview of […]

At least the Philadelphia 76ers have been in this position before. Joel Embiid’s ability to avoid serious injury over the past three seasons has made it easy to forget that he was sidelined for the first two years of his career, with some wondering whether he would ever take the floor in the NBA. He […]

The Sixers are listing superstar big man Joel Embiid as doubtful to play in Game 4 against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. Embiid didn’t play in Game 3 because of the left knee issue he’s been dealing with. The Sixers won Game 3 by a final score of 131-115 and took a 2-1 series lead. […]

Sixers All-Star Ben Simmons has joined Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson as the only players in NBA history with at least 200 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists through their first 13 playoff games. After his stellar Game 3 performance against the Brooklyn Nets in which he finished with 31 points and […]

Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris grew up in New York, so you have to think he has a soft spot in his heart for Brooklyn even when he is playing against the Nets. Following Harris’ 29-point performance in the 76ers’ Game 3 win over the Nets on Thursday night, Harris’ high-school basketball coach called into […]

It’s a well-known fact that Sixers point guard Ben Simmons struggles with accuracy from range, and his latest feat serves as proof. According to NBA analyst Tommy Beer, Simmons is now one of four players in this millennium who have dished out 1,000 assists without making a single 3-pointer. All three of the others on […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are locked in a battle with the surprising Brooklyn Nets. The Nets stunned the Sixers in Game 1, but the Philadelphia got back on track with blowout victories in Games 2 and 3. Without question, one of the biggest difference-makers for the 76ers is Ben Simmons. In Game 1, Simmons registered merely […]

Philadelphia 76ers Ben Simmons wants to put an end to his mini-beef with Brooklyn Nets veteran Jared Dudley. Dudley took a swipe at Simmons before Game 3 of their first-round series. The 33-year-old forward said that Simmons is a very good player in transition. However, when slowed down in the half-court, he is an average […]

Jared Dudley brought this upon himself. The Brooklyn Nets forward, to be clear, was right about Ben Simmons’ effectiveness diminishing in the halfcourt. He only has so many avenues to create points as a primary playmaker when the game bogs down, and is something close to a complete liability when the ball is in someone […]

The Philadelphia 76ers played without superstar Joel Embiid, but it hardly mattered, as they leaned on a balanced attack on Thursday night. Three players scored at least 25 points for the Sixers en route to a 131-115 win over the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. According to ESPN, three players […]

Now in the category of “news you didn’t know you needed, but now that you know it, you’re glad you do,” the Philadelphia 76ers had an interesting occurrence take place on the bench during the Sixers’ blowout of the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwa5KWsBNUK/ Speaking of blowouts, it seems that someone on or around […]

The Philadelphia 76ers traded for Tobias Harris before the deadline in February for the purpose of improving their chances of going deep into the playoffs, and it is paying off. Harris put together one of his finest performances in a Sixers uniform on Thursday night. The 26-year-old forward went a perfect 6-for-6 from the three-point […]

Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers is one of the best young players in the NBA. Despite being redshirted his first season in the NBA (due to an injury), Simmons lived up to the hype last season as he was named the Rookie of the Year in the 2017-18 season. This year, Simmons continued his […]

It’s safe to say Caris LeVert came to play on Thursday night. The Brooklyn Nets guard poured in 19 points in the second quarter of Game 3 against the Philadelphia 76ers, keeping his team within striking distance on the scoreboard, igniting Barclays Center, and scoring the most points he ever has in a single quarter. […]

Ben Simmons made a highlight play to end the first half of Game 3 of the first-round series between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets. Simmons converted an emphatic dunk to end the first half to give the Sixers a 65-59 lead over the Nets. The 2018 NBA Rookie of the Year closed out […]

Caris LeVert and the Brooklyn Nets caught a huge break on Thursday when it was announced minutes before tipoff that Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid would not play in Game 3 due to nagging pain in his left knee. Anyone expecting Brooklyn to walk over a short-handed Philadelphia squad, though, was setting themselves up for […]

Early in Tuesday night’s Game 3, Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen threw down a slam for the ages. The series against the Philadelphia 76ers is tied at a game apiece, so emotions are running high in Brooklyn. One of Allen’s teammates, Shabazz Napier, was particularly fired up about the dunk. Unfortunately, he accidentally took it […]

The Philadelphia 76ers, unfortunately, will be playing without Joel Embiid on Thursday night. The superstar big man was officially ruled out of Game 3 of his team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets just minutes before tipoff, after initially being labeled a game-time decision due to nagging left knee pain. Following the news of his […]