The 76ers Game 3 win over the Nets has been marred by a weird sequence of officiating calls.
Early within the recreation, MVP frontrunner Joel Embiid blatantly kicked Nic Claxton’s groin space from the bottom.
Embiid KICKS Nic Claxton after stepping over him 😳 pic.twitter.com/gsOzepO4lZ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 20, 2023
Claxton stood over Embiid following an alley-oop dunk, which Embiid clearly didn’t recognize.
The referees did assess the play however allowed Embiid to remain within the recreation. The was kick deemed a flagrant foul penalty one as an alternative of a flagrant two, which might’ve seen him get ejected.
After the sport, Embiid was after all asked about the incident, to which he replied: “It takes me loads to course of the video games after..I gotta go watch the tape.
“I honestly didn’t remember the play.”
The choice to let him keep within the recreation was loopy by the refs, particularly contemplating the occasions that conspired earlier this week when Warriors star Draymond Green was ejected then suspended for stomping on Domantas Sabonis – a really related incident.
“I think it’s the same thing from the other night,” O’Neal stated on TNT’s protection.
“This is the place I’ve an issue, what’s the legislation? It appears to be like the identical. Draymond kicked down, he kicked up. What’s the rule?
“I’ve seen something like this the other day, but the guy was ejected and suspended.”
“I think his is worse than Draymond’s,” Charles Barkley added.
Later within the recreation, 76ers guard James Harden was ejected simply earlier than the top of the third for a success on Royce O’Neal. Claxton was additionally ejected after choosing up his second tech foul.
This bought James Harden ejected. An absolute joke. pic.twitter.com/m8T4h61eil
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) April 21, 2023
Harden stated after the sport that the ejection was “unacceptable”. “I didn’t even think it was a foul on me…that just, that can’t happen.”
James Harden: “I didn’t even think it was a foul on me…that just, that can’t happen” pic.twitter.com/n08zXeSfvW
— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) April 21, 2023
NBA Twitter shared related views to Barkley and Shaq on Embiid’s kick:
Draymond: Why y’all ain’t eject Embiid??
NBA: pic.twitter.com/7kTM8OzdPi
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) April 20, 2023
Joel Embiid within the first half pic.twitter.com/TioFby21oX
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) April 21, 2023
Draymond Green watching Embiid kick Claxton within the nuts pic.twitter.com/mrqWog2M3I
— ⛈️ (@scottsucks_) April 20, 2023
If I’m the Warriors, Klutch, and Draymond… Man, I’m sick. NBA is choosing is selecting. Unbelievable hypocrisy in the future later.
— Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 (@JoshEberley) April 20, 2023
