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Tempers in an already chippy first-round playoff series between the Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets finally boiled over in Saturday afternoon’s Game 4 when Jimmy Butler and Jared Dudley were both ejected during the third quarter after a dust-up near the baseline that spilled into the seats.

Brooklyn’s Dudley sparked the extracurriculars after teammate Jarrett Allen’s landed hard after a foul by Joel Embiid, rushing in to shove the Sixers’ 7ft star center with two hands. Butler then hurried to Embiid’s defense, pushing Dudley from behind and the fracas tumbled into the floor seats beneath the Nets’ basket.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2XowEgO