Los Angeles (AFP)
Philadelphia star Joel Embiid was fined $ 25,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for pointing the finger at an Atlanta player on Monday and speaking out against the gesture in a TV interview. after the match.
The fine imposed on the 25-year-old Cameroonian pivot is higher than normal for this type of offense, the League considering that it was not his first escapades on a parquet floor.
On Monday, Embiid had their best game of the season, beating their career points record (49).
While the victory was acquired (129-112), 17 seconds from the end of the match, he kept the ball to let the time lapse, but Kevin Huerter stole it from him. The interior of the 76ers then addressed his obscene gesture to him.
Embiid later apologized in a post-game field interview, but said the forbidden four-letter word to describe his move.
Embiid, who compiles 23.8 points and 12 rebounds per game, presides over the destinies of the 76ers, currently 5th in the East and who present the best record at home in the League this season with 27 victories for only 2 defeats.
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