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Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for repeatedly making an obscene gesture in the course of the 76ers’ victory in opposition to the Portland Trail Blazers.
NEW YORK: Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for repeatedly making an obscene gesture in the course of the 76ers’ victory in opposition to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Joe Dumars, the league’s government vice chairman and head of basketball operations, introduced the penalty Tuesday after Embiid, the league’s reigning MVP, made 4 WWE-fashion crotch chops that despatched the gang right into a frenzy on Sunday.
The gestures occurred with 2:14 remaining within the third quarter of the Sixers’ 126-98 victory after Embiid took a size-of-the-court docket go and made a layup. He completed the sport with 35 factors, 15 rebounds, seven assists and 6 blocked photographs.
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