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Nick Nurse Should Demand Rand After Bad Officiating Causes Finger Injury
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Possibly the dumbest thing to come out of Game 5:
SNY sources: Sixers coach Nick Nurse injured his finger when he slammed his hand in frustration on a call during Sixers’ Game 5 win at MSG. Unclear if it is a break or sprain. Nurse couldn’t draw plays up in the second half because he couldn’t grip a marker.
— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) May 1, 2024
Now Nurse is the second NBA coach to suffer an injury during these playoffs, and the second Philadelphia coach to require hand attention. Chris Finch tore the patellar tendon in his right knee during a sideline collision and John Tortorella showed up with a cast after bitch slapping Sherlock SanFilippo at a press conference.
What’s funny is that the Sixers’ offense was infinitely better without the marker gripping. They just gave the ball to Tyrese Maxey and ran 50 high middle pick and rolls in a row. Poor Miles McBride had to navigate a Joel Embiid screen every time down the floor for at least 10 minutes of game time. Nurse did dial up a nice backdoor cut on a sideline play, so I guess he didn’t need the finger or the marker for that one, did he?
What’s most important is that Nurse wouldn’t have hurt his hand if the incompetent refs just did their damn job. It was a bad call that forced him to slam his hand on the table in the first place. Therefore, I think we have a case against the NBA here. Hazardous work environment! Get OSHA on line 1.
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DEMAND RAND!
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