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Joel Embiid almost bowls over Emmy Award-winning actress

This man just took a Joel Embiid Liu Kang kick to the chest put on his glasses and went right back to work pic.twitter.com/LwlZqb3cQN

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) February 14, 2019

Emmy award winner Regina King barely avoided a major collision with an NBA All-Star.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid nearly knocked over King while going into the stands for a loose ball during the Knicks’ 126-111 blowout loss Wednesday night at the Garden. The actress got hit a bit on the head, but it could have been much worse.

King was grateful she avoided what would have been an ugly collision, tweeting: “Yoooo.