The NBA has fined Philadelphia center Joel Embiid $25,000 after he flipped off Kevin Huerter in the final seconds of the Sixers' 129-112 win vs. the Hawks Monday.
Embiid also cursed in a live television interview with NBC Sports Philadelphia after the game, when talking about where he stacks up with the best players in the world and around the league.
Never change, Joel 😂
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 25, 2020
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Embiid had a career-high 49 points in the win. He grabbed a rebound with 17.9 seconds to play in the fourth and could have broken the 50-point threshold when Huerter stole the ball from him and kept playing, despite the clock winding down in a blowout loss.
The fine also reflects his “multiple prior violations of acceptable on-court decorum,” the league said in a news release.
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