Celtics' Marcus Sensible on Joel Embiid: I May've Cracked His Head Open, However I Did not | Breaking News, Entertainment

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Boston Celtics guard Marcus Sensible and Philadelphia 76ers middle Joel Embiid had a small dust-up early within the third quarter of the C’s’ 126-117 season-opening win on Tuesday.

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Sensible and Embiid getting chippy 👀🍿 pic.twitter.com/xkTEFj2NgU

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Joel Embiid and Marcus Sensible acquired chippy after getting wrapped up. pic.twitter.com/TvA8XMNW18

Afterward, Sensible provided some trustworthy commentary on the play.

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Sensible: “Went for the steal, basketball play, referee blows his whistle, calls a foul, I cease play, my arm’s nonetheless in there and he tries to interrupt it..I am the one one which will get a tech..defending DPOY? That is how he will get handled? … I may’ve cracked his head open, however I did not.” pic.twitter.com/Npnn7xJaYL

Jaylen Brown and Grant Williams backed up their teammate:

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Jaylen Brown stated he went at Embiid when he pulled Sensible’s arm as a result of he thought Embiid was making an attempt to harm Sensible.

“Embiid was getting away with lots of pointless pushing and shoving…We’re not taking no mess this yr.”

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Grant Williams stated he didn’t suppose Marcus Sensible’s journey on Embiid was that unhealthy. Referred to as Embiid’s fall a “FIFA kind deal.”

The fracas ended up being a lot ado about nothing.

James Harden hit the technical free throw, and Embiid hit a jumper to place the 76ers up 66-63, and that ended the sequence on that finish of the court docket.

But it surely was all Celtics from there.

Boston outscored Philadelphia by 13 for the remainder of the quarter en path to a nine-point win in a recreation the place Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown every scored 35 factors.

Boston will now head to Miami for a matchup with the Warmth on Friday. Philadelphia will host the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday.