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Joel Embiid calls out Raptors fans for chanting 'F*** Embiid' while he was injured

Joel Embiid made a triumphant return to the court in Game 3 of the Philadelphia 76ers' second-round series on Friday, but he still has something to say about the circumstances of the injury that knocked him out for two games.

Embiid missed Games 1 and 2 with an orbital fracture and concussion sustained in Game 6 of the Sixers' first-round series against the Toronto Raptors. In the final minutes of a series-clinching blowout, Embiid took a hard elbow to the face from Pascal Siakam.

Raptors fans had been annoyed Embiid made an airplane celebration after scoring to put the Sixers up by 29 points, and soon booed and chanted "F*** Embiid" as he dealt with the aftereffects of the injury.