“He owns that franchise”- Furious Joel Embiid tells Nets to “go home” after an altercation with Kevin Durant (Video)
Kevin Durant and Joel Embiid altercation
The match against Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklynn Nets was a match which was of neck-to-neck competition. The clutch made by Seth Curry proved to be the game-changer leading 76ers to Victory. However, after the game, a hilarious incident took place between Joel Embiid and Kevin Durant.
After the game, Joel Embiid Could be seen saying the whole team of Brooklynn Nets to go home. This was a rather hilarious moment since he was saying it in the home court of Brooklynn itself and it soon drew the attention of the social media users.
Joel made a shot under the rim celebrated since that was a real-time dagger KD didn’t like this went straight away to talk to Embiid and criticize him. He had an exchange on the free throw line since Joel was fouled then after the game ended didn’t really greet and meet. Durant gave 2 thumbs up to Joel saying well played and Joel responded the same from his bench. And the whole game there were exchanges like bench- players after making a shot
Twitter fans divided on Joel Embiid saying “go home” to Nets
The clip of the moment soon spread on Twitter like wildfire and it has varied reactions from all over. Some people took the incident as a funny one and even gave similar reactions on the social media platform as well. Some Nets fans even took in a negative way and even trolled Embiid for his remarks saying that 76ers player is reacting in a way that his team is in playoffs but in reality, they are not even close to them.
This was a perfect reply from Joel Embiid to Kevin Durant, who asked 76ers to get the sh*t out of here in the last match both teams played.
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However after the game they both clarify that it was not at all serious conflict between them and was just healthy competition for them. “We’re just competitive”- Joel added.
With this win Philadelphia currently stands at 19-16 and would end their 2021 on a good note and will start their 2022 with a match against Houston Rockets on Monday.
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Mohnish Sabharwal
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