Bad blood between Sixers and Nets boils over into courtside scrum

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Jimmy Butler and Jared Dudley were ejected for their roles in a scuffle following a hard foul by Joel Embiid during Philadelphia's win.

Nets Coach Kenny Atkinson helped restrain Jared Dudley after Dudley got into a shoving match during Game 4 on Saturday. By Ben Golliver Ben Golliver NBA reporter Email Bio Follow April 20 at 7:38 PM Simmering bad blood between the Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets boiled over Saturday, when a Joel Embiid hard foul triggered a scuffle that carried into courtside seats and led to multiple ejections.

Jared Dudley and Jimmy Butler ejected for the melee; Embiid gets a Flagrant 1 pic.twitter.com/OllMftoI9W Embiid, who bounced back from knee tendinitis that forced him to sit out Game 3, finished with a game-high 31 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and six blocks and was in a jovial mood afterward. He told reporters he got “all ball” on the foul and was not intending to hurt Allen. After establishing a commanding series lead, the Sixers’ star could exhale and unleash a wisecrack at the Golden State Warriors’ expense.

Sixers' Jimmy Butler immediately exits podium after Joel Embiid cracks joke about series lead over Nets: "It feels great to be up 3-1. We don't want to be in the situation like the Warriors two years ago. I was kidding, man." pic.twitter.com/Vc74NfecZ7

 

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Oh just grow up! Why you got to behave like kids in a playground? Given how much you're paid, act like the role models you're supposed to be! In all the decades I played sports I never once got in a brawl!

Wut? Bad blood between NYC and Philly? Whodathunkit

If I got into a physical fight at work I'd be fired. I guess the rules don't apply to guys who make millions playing with balls. NBATV NBA ESPNNBA NBAonTNT BR_NBA NBA2K NBAAllStar

Joel Embiid JoelEmbiid is a Dirty Player. He always starting trouble then wait until everybody on his team gets in front of him like a shield then he fake like he’s going after the player to fight. ScaryAss Doofus Sixers

This photo looks like JimmyButler and BenSimmons25 fighting with a random dad during a pickup game at their local 24hour fitness.

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