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The 76ers star was tired of the opponents’ coach’s complaining.

On Saturday, the Philadelphia 76ers took on the Toronto Raptors, and their star center Joel Embiid was in top form. Embiid turned in 31 points and 11 rebounds, scoring more than the entire rest of the 76ers and bringing them home a 112-97 victory. However, at the start of the game, Embiid overheard Toronto’s coach, Nick Nurse, complaining about ref calls, specifically toward Embiid. At the tail-end of the game, Embiid had some choice words for him.

“He’s a great coach,” Embiid said. “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.”

“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 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.”

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Nurse, for his part, took Embiid’s comments in stride. “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.”