Philadelphia center Joel Embiid was fined $75,000 by the NBA on Friday for making obscene gestures during the first half of the the 76ers’ 118-114 road victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday.

“The NBA announced Joel Embiid was fined $75,000 for making ‘obscene gestures' during the first half of Philly’s Christmas Day win in Boston,” Bontemps reported. The fine has nothing to do with Embiid's ejection against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, via ClutchPoints' Brett Siegel.

The incidents occurred during the first half of the 76ers’ 118-114 win over the Boston Celtics on Dec. 25 at TD Garden.

The NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid $75,000 for making an obscene gesture during the first half of his team's 118-114 road win over

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Philadelphia center Joel Embiid, who fell to the parquet floor during warmups before Wednesday's win in Boston but remained in the starting lineup, was fined $75,000 by the NBA Friday for making obscene gestures during the first half of the road victory.

The NBA placed a lump of coal in Joel Embiid’s stocking Friday over his Christmas Day transgressions. The league fined Embiid $75,000 for making “obscene gestures” during the Philadelphia 76ers’ 118-114 win over the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston,

Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics (on the road) by a score of 118-114. Embiid finished with 27 points, nine rebounds and two assists while shooting 8/15 from the field and 4/5 from the three-point range in 31 mintues of playing time.