Overview
- The NBA said the gesture occurred with 7:08 left in the first quarter of Philadelphia's 109-108 loss to Boston on Oct. 31 at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
- Executive VP James Jones announced the penalty, with the league notice describing a lewd gesture rather than the obscene gesture wording used in past cases.
- The sanction targeted Embiid's recurring Triple H crotch-chop celebration, marking at least his fourth fine for the move and bringing related penalties to roughly $185,000.
- Embiid objected on X, calling for referees to be fined for comparable motions and sharing a clip of a blocking-foul signal; no referee discipline has been announced.
- The episode comes as Embiid returns from a knee injury and opens the season on a minutes restriction.