The tape don’t lie. Knicks fans haven’t stopped complaining all day that Joel Embiid injured Mitchell Robinson. Now we can put that rumor to bed:

Embiid grabbed Mitchell’s right leg because he said he was worried Robinson would fall on his leg like Jonathan Kuminga did earlier this season.

Here’s that play again:

Whether Knicks fans want to believe Embiid did it on purpose or not doesn’t matter. They won’t let facts get in the way of a good narrative because they’ve already made up in their minds:

God dammit, Al Gore. Did you really have to go and invent the Internet?


Robinson was actually injured on two plays and was ruled out for the game:

 

Case closed. Now onto the next narrative to debunk.