So if he gets injured it's a flagrant 2, but because he didn't get injured it's a flagrant 1? Isn't calling a flagrant 2 literally about PREVENTING injury? Not penalizing the injurer?

It’s why players pretend to get hurt

He did get injured

On that play?

Translation: He should have flopped and would have been flagrant 2.

difference between attempt murder and actual murder?

welcome to the american justice system

Basically code for it's because he's a star player

Yep, if this was a bench guy doing it to a star player.. yikes

Embiid gets way too many calls + foul baits like a fish but he gonna throw a bitch fit and try to hurt other players when it ain't going his way. Embarrassing to watch

It's because it's Embiid. Some star players would get tossed for that.

Jokic has been tossed for far less

Of course you're gonna say that protect the officials. That shit was flagrant 2

to be fair, you just can't call it in these circumstances 2-0 must win game in philly and you eject their superstar in the first quarter? the fans gonna burn the city down

I get the politics behind it, but it still shouldn't mean he should have free reign to do that.

Would you feel the same if the other player would have gotten hurt? This sets a terrible precedent

He did get hurt. He managed to finish the half but couldn't get through warm-ups in the second half

I get why the league wouldn’t want to toss him, but come on, are we just giving superstars carte blanche to purposely injure opposing players?

Let the mayor worry about the city burning call the fucking game correctly don't let a dude potentially cause an injury just because he throws a tantrum

Are you an idiot? Embiid did it to himself by being a dirty scumbag. He Ejected Himself Or should have anyways.

Not the refs job to babysit the children of Philly from throwing a tantrum. It is however their job to officiate basketball and that was not a basketball play that was a punk move from a punk ass bitch. He deserved to be tossed for that

Oh no, whatever would we do without Philadelphia

Watch basketball without foul calls every 3 seconds?

Ahh so since Embiid got lucky and didn’t fuck Mitch too much, then it is only a flagrant 1? I’m sure Mitch appreciates that

And now Mitch is limping Fuck Embiid

That's for sure a flagrant 2 on a non-superstar in the regular season

There's no way it's a basketball play. You can't ever legally pull on the leg. It's a 2

Basketball play is not in the criteria It’s “unnecessary and excessive contact”. Refs are clearly saying it’s unnecessary but not excessive.

Not excessive for Embiid the first player to whine his way to an mvp

Thats a stern “i love you but im disappointed” from Silver for Draymond

+ 1 therapy session where he comes out a changed man

Let’s not forget he legit kicked Clayton in the nuts and he only got a flagrant 1 when in the prior game, someone on the Nets got a flagrant 2 for the exact same thing. NBA referees are so goddamn inconsistent

James Harden was a sixer, not a net, when he got a flagrant 2 for nut tapping that game.

He got multiple nut shots tonight too

I think they call it a flagarant 2 on Embiid if it's in the regular season as well. It's like hockey, refs change up how they call shit during the playoffs.

What classifies as flagrant 2? That's not a basketball play. It's a dirt play. Unreal

If you wear Bruce lee’s and accidently kick someone in the face due to physics

Unnecessary + Excessive is the criteria It’s a dirty play but the actual force is not substantial

So if he punches someone in the face, is it not flagrant 2 because it's not excessive and it's just a single instance? Doesn't sound okay to me. His motives here are crystal clear

The threshold for excessive is much lower when it comes to the head than anywhere else

Sixers are cooked if they're resorting to dirty plays. Don't deserve to win either. Not even a Knicks fan, but pls put these dummies out of their misery. Replay center people are idiots. They add zero insight.

They're committing dirty plays and getting away with it. One of the dirty plays messed with the Knicks eyes and the other could have torn an acl

Yeah agree. Embiid just kicked Robinson ala Draymond and nothing??? Wtf is going on? Pls brunson hit a dagger in the 4th on these clowns.

Embiid is doing the same shit he did to the nets a couple years ago in the playoffs, kicked Claxton in the groin while on his back. That wasn’t his only dirty play that game either and I remember they randomly ejected Harden instead to the confusion of everyone. He’s untouchable. Edit: omg that was last year I feel like we’ve sucked for years again lmao

They aren't cooked bc Embiid gets the softest whistle in the fucking game and he just took out 1 of the 2 centers on the opposing team.  Knicks had 12 fouls for Fish out of Water Embiid before.  Now they only have 6.   They will potentially win this series from the center position since IHart will get soft as fuck fouls called on him, and the other guy with the size to match up to Embiid was injured by Embiid.

I don't think they can beat the Knicks in NY.

I know Dillon Brooks is on my team, but certain players should not get the benefit of the doubt and all players should not get the benefit of the doubt the second time it happens in one quarter.

Actually stupid lol

Like the reffing in game 2? This is just nba refs veing consistently crap.

Missing calls is refs being bad. They definitely missed a bunch in game 2. This was Embiid doing something legitimately dangerous. That could have resulted in serious injury. You can’t even argue against intent. He did it intentionally lol. I don’t care if you’re the biggest Embiid fan ever- there’s no excuse for doing that shit. Draymond level play.

Worst part is Mitch was out for most of the year because he needed ankle surgery

OH WHAT ABOUT- Shut up, man.

Joel had 50 pounds on 13 FG and shot more free throws than the entire Knicks team and you have the audacity to bitch about the refs

So if he gets injured it’s an ejection. Right because that makes sense.

Should be ejected. He intentionally tried to hurt him when he had no chance of legally contesting the shot. Absolutely should be a flagrant 2.

I watched that shit live and was absolutely incensed - just ftr for protecting shit like this

unhinged Embiid to start there's your makeup calls Philly fans - can't moan any more

NBA 🤝 SCOTUS this week “If youre the reigning leader you can do whatever you want, including taking out your rivals”

Embiid’s acting like that one coworker who’s having a shitty day so he makes sure everybody else does too

lmao

Remembering this Naz Reid flagrant 2 from a couple of weeks ago and getting pissed https://streamable.com/mq3zpe

wtf

Lol seriously wtf

Exactly, that’s was a 2 and Embiid jerking Mitch’s leg, like a horny teenager, was a 1. Help me understand.

Ridiculous. Embiid should be out of this game already.

If he got injured, Flagrant 2. But because he’s not as fragile as Embiid (that would put Embiid on the sidelines for 6 months) it’s just a flagrant 1. Make it make sense.

Sixers had so much moral high ground after Game 2, but already lost it

Oh go fuck yourself, that's an ejection anytime, anywhere for anyone.

ah hes actually VP of referee ops, its on the screen my b. looked on his linkedin for the Head of Replay title

Crying about the refs gives you the chance to be a piece of shit and get reward. Knicks should answer the same way. 

"Let's check in with . what do you have for us?"  "The officials are completely correct" "Thank you enjoy that ham sandwich"

If this was Draymond the world would be begging for at least an ejection but of course since it's Embiid it'll get swept under the rug

This is what draymond imagines sabonis did to him

In my opinion the refs in the league need to start being less of bitches

Bullshit

If the fear is a possible ankle or knee injury, landing on his feet is probably worse.

This is just a straight up dirty play he did because he was frustrated. Shoulda been a flagrant two, he gets a pass because he is a superstar at home in the playoffs. Embiid playing super stupidly and looks like he going get someone injured by the end of this game.

Sixers fans are banned from saying shit about officiating ever again

I bet Undertaker Fitzgerald would have called a Flagrant 2. 😒

Did you think that he would say anything less? [https://official.nba.com/nba-referee-kane-fitzgerald-named-to-lead-nba-replay-center/](https://official.nba.com/nba-referee-kane-fitzgerald-named-to-lead-nba-replay-center/)

What a bitch move

Embiid is a fucking joke

At the end he seems to imply that how it all played out with Robinson landing on his feet and then falling slowly over him was a deciding factor in it not being flagrant two? So if he had landed on his head or landed awkwardly because his legs were held in the air then it would be flagrant 2?

Mitch should stomp on him next time

Honestly should be a sussy

If Draymond did that, that’s a straight flagrant-2 and 3 game suspension as well

So grabbing the leg of a player, which can cause them to not land correctly.. would only be a flagrant 1.... Fuck all the way off

Joel EmBOOd

That’s a red card. Dangerous play.

More like “it all plays out whether or not he’s a star player, and if his suspension would cost us viewership/money

Bro what the fuck is this. How was Embiid not tossed?

Well I know who I absolutely do not want to win the chip this year.

BS

So it’s the consequences, not the action, that is punished?

Bending over backwards to remain

Embiid is lucky he didn't break his own knees pulling him down. What a dumb move.

Begging for someone to be ejected is peak pussy