Joel Embiid will miss Saturday’s Game 4 of the Philadelphia 76ers’ first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets with a right knee sprain, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed Friday.
Philadelphia Coach Doc Rivers said Friday that the NBA should be careful not to “[punish] the retaliators and not the instigators” when heated on-court incidents involve star players. Embiid’s flagrant kick followed Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green’s. Green was later suspended for stomping on Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis, who had grabbed Green’s ankle after falling to the court.
“The whole game, you could see what [the Nets] were doing,” Embiid said. “Trying to get a rise out of me. I’m too valuable to get into this type [of stuff]. Hitting me in the back, that’s not reviewed. My back, my knee, hitting me every single time, which is fine. It’s working for them, but just got to keep going. You could see what the game plan was. They’ve got to make me frustrated so I can get ejected. I’m too mature to put myself in a position where I’m going to get ejected.
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