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Stephen A Smith Did NOT Try to Break Up the Joel Embiid and Eric Bledsoe Fracas
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If you watched Sixers/Bucks last night, you saw the confrontation that got Eric Bledsoe ejected in the first half. He shoved Joel Embiid in the back, Embiid threw the ball at him, Bledsoe THREW THE BALL BACK AT HIM, then Mike Scott got involved. Four technicals for three guys to start off the ball game.
During the pseudo-fracas, a guy looking like Stephen A Smith came running onto the court to help separate the players:
Why is Stephen A Smith trying to get involved in this?!? 😂😂☠️ pic.twitter.com/QqJJddeUxN
— AB (@abrunetweets) April 5, 2019
Pretty funny, but that’s not Stephen A. That’s a Sixers security guy, who sits at the end of the bench and oversees…. security issues.
Ironically, Stephen A actually WAS in the house last night. I saw him talking to Allen Iverson at one point, so I’m sure his actual presence in the arena helped spread the misinformation around social media.
Smith went on Twitter today to clarify that, no, he did not run on the court:
No! It wasn’t ME on the court last night! pic.twitter.com/POA4JcjUKY
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) April 5, 2019
Shame, really, because I would have loved to see Stephen A run onto the floor and break up a fight.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com