Three-word clear message from the NBA referee to the 76ers head coach after a player was accidentally ejected from the game

Three-word clear message from the NBA referee to the 76ers head coach after a player was accidentally ejected from the game

NBA referee Jenna Schroeder had to correct an error in a bizarre situation during the Philadelphia 76ers’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.

Early in the second quarter, 76ers center Andre Drummond was sent off for a foul on Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. However, a video recording of the incident forced the referees to overturn the sending off and call Drummond back into the game, even though he had already gotten up from the ground.

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Jenna Schroeder with the 76ers-Spurs

Referee Jenna Schroeder during the game between the 76ers and San Antonio Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center on December 23, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Schroeder was heard telling 76ers head coach Nick Nurse, “I messed up.” Drummond was allowed back into the game.

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Instead of Drummond receiving the technical foul, Wembanyama was assessed a technical foul for flopping. Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey shot the technical free throw, but the officials overturned the technical foul and took away a point.

Crew chief Curtis Blair said the review determined that Drummond stepped on Wembanyama’s foot and that it was accidental contact.

Andre Drummond defends

Keldon Johnson of the San Antonio Spurs dunks against Andre Drummond of the 76ers on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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The Spurs’ 7-footer said there shouldn’t have been a foul in the game.

“I just stepped on my foot and fell,” he said. “That’s it. I just tripped. I didn’t want to fall. I didn’t expect the foul to be called. I just fell.”

The nurse also responded to the incident.

“The whole thing was really strange,” he said.

Sixers star Joel Embiid was also ejected from the game after picking up two technical fouls for unsportsmanlike conduct. At one point he was seen running over Schroeder and had to be held back.

Andre Drummond shocked

Sixers center Andre Drummond (left) reacts after being called for a foul on San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama at the Wells Fargo Center on Dec. 23, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

Embiid did not speak to the media after the game.

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Philadelphia defeated San Antonio 111-106.

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