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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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, 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 […]

The Sixers will be without star center Joel Embiid in Game 3 of the team’s first round series against the Brooklyn Nets. Embiid is still dealing with left knee soreness. He played in Games 1 and 2. 76ers star Joel Embiid (knee) is out for Game 3 against the Nets in Brooklyn. — Shams Charania […]

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid says he didn’t mean to laugh during his postgame press conference after the Sixers’ Game 2 win when he was talking about his elbow to Brooklyn Nets big man Jarrett Allen. Embiid, who wasn’t ejected and received a Flagrant 1 foul, says he apologized to Allen multiple times on […]

Less than an hour away from tipoff at Barclays Center, the status of Joel Embiid remains unknown. Coach Brett Brown said during pre-game media availability that the Philadelphia 76ers superstar big man is a game-time decision for Game 3 of his team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. #Sixers coach Brett Brown on Joel Embiid’s […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie believes if center Jarrett Allen had elbowed Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid in Game 2, Allen would have been ejected by the refs. Embiid viciously elbowed Allen in Game 2, but was only called for a Flagrant 1 foul. Embiid also laughed about it with Ben Simmons as he […]

The Brooklyn Nets weren’t happy when Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid elbowed Jarrett Allen in Game 2 and was only called for a Flagrant 1 foul. To make matters even worse, Embiid and Ben Simmons were laughing during their postgame press conference with reporters when Embiid was telling the media he was sorry for […]

The Sixers are listing star center Joel Embiid as questionable to face the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3. Embiid is still dealing with left knee soreness. Joel Embiid is listed as questionable for tomorrow night. — Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonwip) April 17, 2019 The Sixers and Nets are tied at 1-1. Games 3 and 4 will […]

Brooklyn Nets swingman Caris LeVert and the rest of his teammates weren’t big fans of what Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and point forward Ben Simmons did during their Game 2 postgame press conference. Embiid and Simmons laughed while Embiid was “apologizing” to Nets big man Jarrett Allen. Embiid viciously elbowed Allen in Game 2 […]

Sixers star Joel Embiid’s Flagrant 1 foul against Nets center Jarrett Allen will not be upgraded to a Flagrant 2 upon league review, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Embiid landed a vicious elbow to Allen’s neck area with only seconds left in the first half, a play which could have landed the Philadelphia 76ers center […]

Joel Embiid’s vicious elbow on Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen could have been one that turned the tide in favor of the road team, as a Flagrant 2 call would have seen the Philadelphia 76ers big man exit with only seconds left in the first half of Game 2 on Monday. The officials ruled the […]

Things got pretty heated in Game 2 of the first-round series matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets. At one point in the game, Sixers big man Joel Embiid got hit with a Flagrant 1 after catching Nets center Jarrett Allen with an elbow right on the face. After his team’s lopsided 145-123 […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has a reputation around the NBA. He always plays hard, aggressive basketball, but sometimes he takes it a bit too far. On Monday night, he did just that. Late in the second quarter of Game 2 of the Sixers’ first-round matchup against the Brooklyn Nets, Embiid tried to drive to […]

The Philadelphia 76ers rolled out a questionable Joel Embiid for Game 1 of the first round against the Brooklyn Nets, but his 24 minutes of action quickly saw something was not right with the big man. Dr. David Chao, a former NFL team doctor who writes a column for The San Diego Union-Tribune, wrote a […]

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid has been listed as questionable for Game 2 of the best-of-seven first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets Monday night. The injury report that Brett Brown referred to earlier in the afternoon has been released. Joel Embiid is officially questionable for Game 2 with left knee soreness https://t.co/ccEp1cNSIs — Dave […]

Winter (and playoff basketball) is here!  It is only right that both of these events will be taking place within a day of the other, as not only do the NBA and Game of Thrones have two of the most serious and dedicated fanbases in the world, but they have been connected to one another […]

All game long on Saturday, Philadelphia 76ers fans were booing their team. The Sixers lost to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their first-round series. Other than small forward Jimmy Butler and center Joel Embiid, the team looked awful. Speaking to reporters postgame, Embiid addressed what he thought about the Sixers’ fans: Sixers' Joel […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstar big man Joel Embiid was clearly not 100 percent in Game 1 against the Brooklyn Nets. His Sixers teammate Jimmy Butler could tell. While Embiid finished with 22 points and 15 rebounds in 24 minutes, the Sixers’ best player shot only 5-of-15 from the field and didn’t look like his usual dominant […]

Brett Brown has a lot of work ahead of him before Game 2 his team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. The Philadelphia 76ers were flat-out embarrassed on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center, trailing by double-digits throughout the game en route to a stunning 111-102 loss. Making things worse for Philadelphia, superstar big man Joel […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have enough to worry about in terms of strategy and execution after their stunning 111-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of the teams’ first-round series. Unfortunately, a hobbled Joel Embiid will also have to deal with non-basketball related fallout from Saturday’s contest, too. Midway through the fourth quarter, with […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid will be available to play in Game 1 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday afternoon, according to Serena Winters of NBC Sports Philadelphia. There had been some doubt as to whether or not Embiid would play, as there had been concerns over his […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are listing star big man Joel Embiid as doubtful to play in Game 1 of their firs-round playoff match-up against the Brooklyn Nets. Embiid has left knee soreness. The Sixers superstar missed 13 of the team’s final 23 games of the regular season with the ailment. Joel Embiid is listed as DOUBTFUL (left […]

Philadelphia 76ers star big man Joel Embiid has “no idea” if he’ll play in Game 1 of the Sixers’ first round series against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. Embiid is still dealing with left knee soreness. The All-Star center missed 13 of the Sixers’ final 23 games of the regular season. “I have no idea,” Embiid […]

Throughout his career in which he has played over 17,000 minutes across eight seasons, Greg Monroe has only attempted 16 career three-pointers, six of which were considered heaves at the buzzer. On Wednesday between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Chicago Bulls,  however, Moose hit a 3-pointer for the first time ever. .@M10OSE hits his first […]