In the third quarter, Embiid double-teamed Karl Anthony Towns and forced him into turnover after which Towns grabbed Embidd and the pair wrestled which resulted in the game being stopped. Soon both the players wrestled and took the fight down on the floor, Ben Simmons joined the action into helping his teammate Embiid as he grabbed Towns into an RNC position.
Towns could be seen tapping as Simmons had him into a tight RNC grip. The officials freed the players and both Towns and Embiid were ejected from the game. Embiid was seen shadowboxing on the sidelines and hyping up the crowd. The crowd chanted ‘MVP’ in unison as he went to the locker room through the tunnel.
A full look at the altercation between KAT and Embiid 👀
Both players were ejected. pic.twitter.com/yy9vmdg7VO
— ESPN (@espn) October 31, 2019
Did Simmons make KAT tap??? pic.twitter.com/qhUSiI6itn
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) October 31, 2019
The Sixers won the match 117-95 with Embiid dropping 19 points with 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Ben Simmons scored 16 points with 3 rebounds and 7 assists. On the other hand. Towns of Timberwolves scored 13 points with 6 rebounds and 1 assist.
After the match, Embiid said that Philadelphia was his city and thanked the crowd for their support.
“I was built for this city and they were built for me. I can thank them enough”.
Eddie Alvarez seemed to have loved what he saw on the court.
Way to win that grappling exchange @JoelEmbiid solid W for the @sixers I’ll chat with @DaveSholler about setting something up to make sure Sixers are on point with their bjj and wrestling 👊🏻👊🏻#UGK #Phillystrong
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) October 31, 2019
The @sixers not finishing submissions tonight is crazy frustrating 🤦♂️ 😆😆😆😆😆
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) October 31, 2019
Yo @BenSimmons25 I’m coming to a game next week let’s prep in the back .. I’ll show you how to finish that choke 🤣🤣🤣🤣👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻🔪🔪🔪
— Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) October 31, 2019
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