NBA ref’s 3-word explicit message to 76ers head coach after player was mistakenly ejected

NBA referee Jenna Schroeder had to correct a mistake in a bizarre situation during the Philadelphia 76ers’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.

Early in the second quarter, 76ers center Andre Drummond was ejected for a foul on Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. However, video replay of the incident forced the referees to overturn the draft and call Drummond back into the game, even though he had already left the floor.

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Referee Jenna Schroeder during the game between the 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center on Dec. 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Schroeder was heard telling 76ers head coach Nick Nurse, “I f—ed up.” Drummond was allowed back into the game.

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Instead of Drummond getting the technical foul, Wembanyama was hit with a technical foul for flopping. Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey made the technical free throw, but the officials then overturned the technical foul and took a point.

Crew chief Curtis Blair said the review showed Drummond stepped on Wembanyama’s foot and it was ruled accidental contact.

San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson goes up for a dunk against 76ers’ Andre Drummond, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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The Spurs’ 7-footer said there should not have been a foul on the play.

“I just stepped on my foot and I fell,” he said. “That was it. I just tripped. I didn’t mean to fall. I didn’t expect the foul to be called. I just fell.”

Nurse also responded to the incident.

“It was all really strange,” he said.

Sixers star Joel Embiid was also ejected from the game after receiving two unsportsmanlike technical fouls. He was seen making out with Schroeder at one point and had to be restrained.

Sixers center Andre Drummond, left, reacts after being called for a foul on San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 2024. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Photos)

Embiid did not speak to the media after the game.

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Philadelphia topped San Antonio, 111-106.

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