Joel Embiid was fined $50,000 for making a "lewd gesture" during the Philadelphia 76ers' 109-108 loss to the Boston Celtics Friday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
The NBA said the incident happened with 7:08 left in the first quarter of the game.
Embiid responded quickly to the fine with a post on social media.
"Yall better start fining the refs for doing the "Lewd", "blocking foul" gesture since I'm not allowed to do it #NFL ," the former NBA MVP wrote on X .
Embiid has been fined multiple times for the "lewd gesture," which is his D-Generation X/Triple H celebration.
Last season, he was fined $75,000 by the NBA for making "obscene gestures" vs. the Celtics. In 2023, Embiid was fined $35,000 by the NBA for the same gesture.
Embiid and the Sixers are 4-1 so far in the 20

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