The Philadephia 76ers are facing the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA playoffs, and the series has proven to be very entertaining. The underdog Nets pulled out one win against the heavily favored 76ers already. At the time of this article being published, the score between the two teams is separated by one point with about 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter. The 76ers are currently up by one game. As reported by ESPN, Jimmy Butler and Jared Dudley were both ejected from Game 4 of the series after Dudley shoved Joel Embiid and players from both teams had to be separated by officials. Dudley charged at Embiid with 7:42 remaining in the third quarter and Brooklyn leading 67-61. The incident occurred after Jarrett Allen was fouled near the basket. Dudley and Ben Simmons both spilled into the courtside seats along the baseline at Barclays Center during the altercation. Embiid was given a flagrant 1 foul on Allen, and both Dudley and Butler, who swung his left forearm at Dudley, were called for technical fouls and ejected from the game. Without Butler in the game, the Nets are likely to take Game 4 and tie the series at two wins apiece.<doc-sep>Brooklyn Nets forward Jared Dudley was ejected from a feisty play-off game against the Philadelphia 76ers after taking issue with the way Joel Embiid had been delivering fouls. Jimmy Butler, Embiid's team-mate, didn't like the way Dudley tried to show his frustrations as both teams engaged in a scuffle with carried onto into the crowd in a frantic third quarter. Both ended up getting ejected on Saturday night after their reactions led to a bigger brawl. Philadelphia 76ers win over the Brooklyn Nets was marred after both sides engaged in a fight Nets forward Jared Dudley (left) had a scuffle with Jimmy Butler as both were then ejected Dudley was incensed at the behaviour of the 76ers and had to be restrained by his team-mates Jared Dudley and Jimmy Butler ejected for the melee; Embiid gets a Flagrant 1 pic.twitter.com/OllMftoI9W — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 20, 2019 Butler and Dudley were thrown out in the third quarter of the 76ers' 112-108 victory over the Nets after pushing and shoving that spilled into the stands. Dudley reacted to Embiid's hard foul on Jarrett Allen, bumping the 76ers' All-Star center before Butler shoved Dudley from behind to start the scrum. Dudley had been placed into the starting lineup in game four and was agitating the 76ers with his defense and his constant talking to Ben Simmons. The Nets started well as Rondae Hollis-Jefferson beats Joel Embiid to complete a smart lay-up But events soon began to be dominated by the fight as Dudley was angry at Embiid's fouls Embiid protested his innocence before a scuffle between the sides continued into the stands 'I don't be paying attention to him too much,' Butler said. 'I just don't think you should run up on anybody like that.' 'Especially because the foul was actually all ball,' Embiid interjected. That's not the way the referees saw it, with crew chief Ed Malloy saying they ruled it a flagrant 1 - a personal foul considered to have used excessive force - after a video review because of Embiid's windup and unnecessary contact. Dudley and the Nets had already been angered by Embiid, who elbowed Allen in game two and was given a flagrant 1 that the Nets thought should have been a 2, which means an automatic ejection. They were further upset when he laughed afterward while apologizing during his post-game news conference. 'Yeah, for sure I send a message,' Dudley said. Butler (centre) and his 76ers team-mates have to be restrained as tensions boiled over Butler heads back to the locker room having been ejected from the Game Four contest Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson restrains forward Jared Dudley during the skirmish 'When you have a guy giving flagrant fouls, I mean Joel Embiid is second in the league in flagrant fouls. 'So for that elbow he had before just to have a flagrant 1, no fine, no nothing, laughing in the media, if you think that a team that I play on is going to have (to accept) that, that's another thing coming, especially on this young team.' Simmons and Dudley - who had exchanged words earlier - along with Malloy all went tumbling into the front row as referees rushed in to intervene. Dudley and Butler were both given technical fouls - with Embiid saying he planned to pay Butler's fine. 'Dudley and Butler were ejected for their role as escalators, from taking a situation that was under control and escalating it to a heightened altercation,' Malloy said. Malloy said referees also looked at the roles of Simmons and the Nets' D'Angelo Russell during their lengthy video review but determined they were acting as peacemakers who did not escalate the situation. The 76ers have dominated the series so far and responded when Ben Simmons went to basket It proved an enthralling game but the Nets, despite best efforts, succumbed to another defeat Atletico Madrid ace Antoine Griezmann - a big NBA fan - was in Brooklyn to watch the game Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann, a huge NBA fan, was in the crowd to watch the fiercely competitive affair as he was suspended for his team's away win at Eibar. Victory for Embiid and Co puts them in control of their first round play-off series as they hold a 3-1 lead and are now one game away from progressing. The two sides meet again on Tuesday evening with the 76ers keen to push on their dominance to secure the series and ensure no late drama.<doc-sep>Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images An emotional first-round series got uglier in the third quarter of Saturday's game between the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers. Nets veteran Jared Dudley took offense to a hard Joel Embiid foul on Jarrett Allen, starting a shoving match that included Jimmy Butler and more. 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Dudley has been an agitator throughout the series, calling Ben Simmons "average" in the half court after Game 2. He continued his trolling in Game 4 with an excessive celebration after a made three-pointer: His role in the brawl caused him to get ejected, but it also led to Butler's removal in an important game of a competitive series.<doc-sep>
Tensions have reached an all-time high between the 76ers and the Nets. A fight broke out with 7:42 on the clock at Barclays Center in the third quarter of Saturday's playoff game between the Nets and the 76ers. Sixers center Joel Embiid fouled Nets' big man Jarrett Allen. Jared Dudley then pushed Embiid in retaliation, which prompted Philadelphia's Jimmy Butler to push Dudley. Several players ended up in the crowd as the tensions escalated and Ben Simmons and D'Angelo Russell got involved. Butler and Dudley were both ejected from the game. After the matchup, Embiid called Dudley a "nobody." "First of all, he's a nobody. When opponents do stuff like that, they're trying to get us out of our game," Embiid said. "I'm too valuable for our team. That's why I didn't react. I did not do anything, and I did not think that was a flagrant foul because I played the ball." Saturday marked Game 4 of the first-round playoff series, which has been filled with tension from the first tip. Embiid was given a flagrant in Game 2 for elbowing Allen less than a minute before halftime. After the game, he tried to apologize for the move and explained he realized how bad it was upon replay review, but the gesture was overshadowed by Simmons laughing during the apology. Simmons's reaction caused Embiid to also chuckle and grin during what was expected to be a more serious moment, which didn't sit well with the Nets. The Sixers ultimately took a 3–1 series lead with a 112–108 win on Saturday.