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The National Basketball Association (NBA) has fined Philadelphia 76ers player Joel Embiid $35,000 and Atlanta Hawks player Bruno Fernando one game without pay after the two teams fought in Game Six, the NBA announced Sunday.
The 76ers and Hawks meet in Game 7 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Tepoff at 8 p.m. ET on TNT. Fernando was stopped for leaving the bench area during the melee and will serve her on Sunday.
Embiid fined for ‘escalating’ the situation
Embiid fell atop John Collins of the Hawks during a dip with a 4:02 left in the fourth quarter of Game Six of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Collins pushed Embiid and they both got up. Embiid then pursued Collins with his hands out wide and fell into the crowd behind the basket. Collins clung to an exterminator trying not to turn back.
The NBA announced that Embiid had been fined for “escalating the altercation in court by unsportingly stalking Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins and for failing to comply with an NBA Security interview following an incident in court.”
Kiki Vandeweghe, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the NBA, announced the fine and suspension.
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