Joel Embiid, limping throughout the game and perhaps lucky not to have been ejected for kicking a Nets player in the groin area, blocked a potential tying basket with 8.8 seconds left and the Philadelphia 76ers beat Brooklyn 102-97 to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
Tyrese Maxey shoots the ball during the game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn of New York, United States on April 20, 2023. Joel Embiid, limping throughout the game and perhaps lucky not to have been ejected for kicking a Nets player in the groin area, blocked a potential tying basket with 8.8 seconds left and the Philadelphia 76ers beat Brooklyn 102-97 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
Spencer Dinwiddie made one free throw, then appeared to have a path to the basket for a tying layup before Embiid rose up and swatted it. P.J. Tucker made a free throw to make it 100-97, and the Nets turned it over on their next possession. Embiid went to the locker room for treatment after checking out in the first quarter, then was limping multiple times later.Nets fans loudly booed the decision not to eject him for kicking his leg up toward Nic Claxton's groin in the first quarter and those not in the arena took to social media to ask why he wasn't, as Golden State's Draymond Green was for stepping on Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis in Game 2 of their series. Green was then suspended by the NBA for Game 3.
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