NBA warns Joel Embiid of flopping after Andre Drummond incident
The NBA has corrected a rather glaring mistake from Tuesday night’s game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons.
The league announced Wednesday that it has rescinded the technical foul given to Andre Drummond late in regulation and warned 76ers center Joel Embiid about flopping.
76ers' Joel Embiid received a warning for violating NBA's anti-flopping rule for his incident with Detroit's Andre Drummond on Tuesday night.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 24, 2018
Drummond's technical foul was also rescinded by the NBA, which gave flopping warning to Embiid. https://t.co/X17oD9rcjH
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 24, 2018
The correction comes after Embiid essentially got Drummond ejected by flopping in the final minute of regulation.
Embiid really got Drummond ejected pic.twitter.com/X7giIAaeHg
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 24, 2018
Even though the game went to overtime and the Pistons were without Drummond, they ended up winning 133-132 thanks to some Blake Griffin heroics. He had made his own statement on Embiid earlier in the contest.
