NBA referee Jenna Schroeder needed to right a mistake in a weird scenario throughout the Philadelphia 76ers’ sport in opposition to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday evening.
Early within the second quarter, 76ers heart Andre Drummond was ejected for a foul on Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. Nonetheless, video replay of the incident compelled referees to overturn the ejection and name Drummond again into the sport regardless of him already strolling off the ground.
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Referee Jenna Schroeder throughout the sport between the 76ers and San Antonio Spurs on the Wells Fargo Middle on Dec. 23, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Pictures)
Schroeder was heard telling 76ers head coach Nick Nurse, “I f—ed up.” Drummond was allowed again into the sport.
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As an alternative of Drummond receiving the technical foul, Wembanyama was hit with a technical foul for flopping. Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey shot the technical free throw however officers then rescinded the technical foul and took away a degree.
Crew chief Curtis Blair stated the evaluate confirmed Drummond stepped on Wembanyama’s foot and that it was dominated incidental contact.
San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson goes up for a dunk in opposition to 76ers’ Andre Drummond, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photograph/Matt Slocum)
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The Spurs’ 7-footer stated there shouldn’t have been a foul on the play.
“Simply stepped on my foot and I fell,” he stated. “That’s it. I simply received tripped. I didn’t imply to fall. I didn’t anticipate the foul to be known as. I simply fell.”
Nurse additionally reacted to the incident.
“The entire thing was actually unusual,” he stated.
Sixers star Joel Embiid was additionally ejected from the sport after receiving two unsportsmanlike conduct technical fouls. He was seen dashing Schroeder at one level and wanted to be held again.
Sixers heart Andre Drummond, left, reacts after being known as for a foul in opposition to San Antonio Spurs heart Victor Wembanyama at Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 2024. (Invoice Streicher-Imagn Pictures)
Embiid didn’t communicate to the media after the sport.
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Philadelphia topped San Antonio, 111-106.
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