Updated: 7:36 p.m.
Though an executive has been suspended for Game 5 of the Sixers’ first-round series against the Nets — Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks, for entering the referees' locker room following Game 4 — both Jimmy Butler and Jared Dudley will be eligible to play.
Butler has been fined $15,000 for his part in Game 4’s third-quarter melee, while Dudley has been fined $25,000.
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It’s hard to argue with the description that Dudley “escalated an on-court incident” by pushing Embiid after he took exception to his Flagrant 1 foul on the Nets’ Jarrett Allen.
And though it’s difficult to imagine Butler or the Sixers simply accepting Dudley’s shove of their star center, the explanation that Butler “escalated it further” is accurate.
The league seems to be acknowledging Dudley played a more central role in the incident by giving him a larger fine. Unfortunately for the Sixers, both players received equal punishment on Saturday — ejections.
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Embiid, appreciative of Butler sticking up for him, told reporters in Brooklyn Saturday night he would pay Butler’s fine.
Embiid's foul on Allen will stand as a Flagrant 1, ESPN's Tim Bontemps reports. The Sixers' center still has two flagrant foul points in the playoffs and would receive a one-game suspension if he accumulated four points.
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