Joel Embiid tells coach to ‘stop b****ing’

The New York Post reports TNT’s cameras caught the Sixers star and Toronto coach verbally sparring as the clock dwindled down on Philadelphia’s 112-97 victory.Watch Live Coverage of The 2022 NBA Playoffs with ESPN on Kayo including every game of The Conference Finals and The Finals. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now >“He’s a great coach,” Embiid told reporters. “Obviously, he’s been able to accomplish (a lot) and always been a big fan. But, I told him, respectfully, I told him to stop b****ing about calls.”Embiid imposed his will on the injury-riddled Raptors, putting several players in foul trouble as the 76ers built a commanding first-half lead. The MVP candidate finished with 31 points and 11 rebounds.“If you’re going to triple-team somebody all game, they are bound to get to the free-throw line, or if you’re going to push them off and try to hold them and all that stuff, they’re bound and get to the free-throw line,” Embiid said. “So I feel like every foul was legit and probably should have been more, honestly.”Nurse, who was animated in his responses to Embiid on the sideline, had a slightly different version of the conversation when asked by reporters.“He was saying to me that, ‘I’m going to keep making all the free throws if you keep fouling’,” Nurse said. “And I said, ‘Well, you might have to’.“But a good player, man. I got a lot of respect for him. He’s certainly playing great here. There’s nothing there but us trying to compete against him and him trying to compete against us.”Game 3 of the series is on Wednesday in Toronto.This story first appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au