PHILADELPHIA -- Amir Johnson was busted showing Philadelphia 76ers All-Star teammate Joel Embiid his cellphone on the bench late in a Game 1 playoff loss to the Brooklyn Nets.
Johnson was caught by TV cameras sitting on the bench and scrolling through his phone late in the fourth quarter and the Sixers down 16 points in an eventual 111-102 loss. Johnson showed Embiid whatever message was on the phone and then slid it into the pocket of his warmup pants.
"I just looked down because he said his daughter was extremely sick and he was checking on her," Embiid said.