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An officiating circus brought out the Sixers' best vs. the Spurs

December 24, 2024

Dec 23, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (0) reacts to his three pointer in the closing moments of the game against the San Antonio Spurs at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

Roughly an hour before a pool report would come out offering zero clarification on the night's events, Nick Nurse attempted to describe what he had seen during a night of ejections (rescinded and permanent), technicals, and bewildering decisions by the officiating crew during an anticipated Sixers-Spurs matchup.
"I didn't really get an explanation for it," Nurse said about Embiid's ejection from the game. "I never really got to the referee that called it. So I was asking the other guys, and they were saying, 'Ask her.' I never really got a chance as the game was going. I just assumed it was arguing and whatever."
On another night, Embiid's ejection would have been spun into the defining sto...

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