PHILADELPHIA — In the closing seconds of Game 2, Joel Embiid had a message for Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse.
"I told him, respectfully, I told him to stop b------- about calls," Embiid said, "because I saw what he said last game."
Embiid was referring to Nurse saying after Game 1 of the teams' first-round series that the MVP finalist should have been called for more fouls. The Raptors coach doubled down on that before the Sixers' 112-97 Game 2 victory on Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center. He said he hoped the refs would have "enough guts" to stop the game and review physical plays on Monday night.
