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Paul George Flipped Off Sixers Fan for “Being an Asshole”
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The Sixers lost by 22 at home to the Celtics on Tuesday night. It was a tie game in the third and then Boston hit something like 4 or 5 three pointers in a row, one that bounced off the top of the backboard and into the net. It was ridiculous. It felt like everything was falling while the Sixers got decent games out of maybe three or four guys.
At one point, Paul George flipped off a fan:
This is probably fair. It seems like a very linear interaction, if we’re being honest. Here’s a fan being an asshole to a guy who now plays for a rival team. The player then flips the bird in return. This is healthy and normal. It may not even be a story.
FWIW, George played a great game. 36 points on 14-22 shooting and 6-11 from three. He was pretty fair in everything he said to the media about coming back to Philadelphia, noting that he was dealing with injuries during his time here and maybe that affected usage. He straight up said he wasn’t healthy enough to take on the workload he has in Boston now. Plus, it’s not like his tenure here was very long. He had the suspension, and the first year was a throwaway year entirely, but he played well last season and I don’t think any Sixers fan had any kind of truly pro or anti-PG stance upon his departure. He only played 78 regular season games and 11 playoff games in two years.
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