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Steph Curry dropped an all-time classic line after the Warriors’ Game 3 win Thursday night.
Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. wasn’t feeling the pressure ahead of his highly anticipated return to action Thursday night, saying that he is “110%” confident he will return to the form that made him one of the best players in baseball.
Sixers star James Harden was ejected late in the third quarter Thursday night for hitting the Nets’ Royce O’Neale in the groin, after Joel Embiid received a flagrant foul 1 for kicking up at Nic Claxton’s midsection in the first quarter.
After getting ejected in the playoffs for the first time in his career, James Harden voiced his disappointment with the officiating following the 76ers’ physical 102–97 Game 3 win over the Nets on Thursday.
Harden, appearing in his 152nd playoff game, was assessed a flagrant 2 foul and ejected after the former MVP elbowed Nets forward Royce O’Neale in the groin area in the third quarter.
On a night when James Harden was shockingly thrown out for striking an opponent in the groin area, Joel Embiid avoided ejection for a kick of Nic Claxton.
While Harden portrayed his confusion on his call while speaking with reporters postgame, Embiid pleaded the fifth when asked about his kick following 76ers’ 102–97 win over the Nets in Game 3.
While speaking to the media, Embiid had a succinct answer when asked about the first-quarter dustup: “I honestly didn’t remember the play.
The chef was cooking as Steph Curry dropped 36 points while Kevon Looney hauled in 20 points in Draymond Green’s absence.
The chef was cooking as Steph Curry dropped 36 points while Kevon Looney hauled in 20 points in Draymond Green’s absence.
As one of 10 current head coaches who played in the NBA, 76ers coach Doc Rivers has experienced his share of physical battles throughout his career. And, after leading his team to a gritty Game 3 win over the Nets, Rivers took a trip down memory lane while discussing the physical nature of Thursday’s game in Brooklyn.
The Sixers took a commanding 3–0 lead in their first-round series after claiming a 102–97 win that featured a questionable Flagrant 1 foul on Joel Embiid, and late-game ejections for James Harden and Nets center Nic Claxton.
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