NEW YORK: Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Thursday (Friday in Manila) after forcefully shoving Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid to the floor in a loss a night earlier.

Smart received a flagrant foul and automatic ejection for the shove, which took place with 7:06 remaining in the third quarter of Philadelphia’s 118-115 home victory over Boston on Wednesday.

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