Heat's Winslow fined $15K for stepping on Embiid's mask
Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow has been fined $15,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct for intentionally stepping on the facemask of Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid during Game 3 on Thursday, the NBA announced late Friday.
The incident occurred in the second quarter after Embiid's facemask had fallen onto the court. The goggles attached to the mask fell out, and Winslow intentionally stepped on the goggles and before tossing them aside.
"He kept throwing [his mask] on the ground. I don't know if he didn't like it or what," Winslow said. "I was talking to JoJo, we were smack talking, trash talking, going back and forth, but no love loss."
"Justise stepped on it and tried to break it with his hands, but little do they know is I have about 50 of them, so it's going to take much more than that to get me out of this series," Embiid told reporters postgame.
Embiid is wearing the mask as he recovers from surgery he had on his fractured left orbital bone in late March. Game 3 marked his first appearance of the series, and he scored 23 points in the Sixers' 128-108 win.
Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 2-1. Game 4 is on Saturday afternoon in Miami.
--Field Level Media
