Utah rookie guard Donovan Mitchell is 6-3, 215 pounds.
Sixers future All-Star center Joel Embiid is 7-0, 260.
So even at his angriest, Mitchell should not be able to take down Embiid with even his most forceful shove.
So how was it that Embiid was pushed down to the Wells Fargo Center floor after Mitchell got angry after his shot got blocked by Embiid?
“I flopped,” Embiid confessed. “It was all in good fun.”
Mitchell said the Sixers big man was chirping all game, which is pretty standard for Embiid. On this particular sequence Monday night, Mitchell drove to the basket for a layup.