NBA Playoffs: Joel Embiid and Danilo Gallinari Get Into Shoving Match In 76ers Hawks Game

The Hawks and 76ers got chippy on Tuesday night in Game 2.

The Atlanta Hawks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 128-124 in Game 1 of their second-round series on Sunday afternoon.

On Tuesday night, the two teams are currently battling it out in Game 2, and Joel Embiid and Danilo Gallinari got into a shoving match.

The video can be seen below in a Tweet from Bleacher Report.

Joel Embiid pushes Gallo after he bumped him pic.twitter.com/9uKuVQ1Kvm

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 9, 2021

The 76ers were 6-point favorites for Game 2 in Philadelphia against the Atlanta Hawks, according to FanDuel.

More on the Philadelphia 76ers and the series can be read here.

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