Noel, the Sixers’ center, fouled Bledsoe, the Suns’ point guard, hard enough Friday night to earn a flagrant 1 foul. Now the context: Bledsoe said earlier in the week that Kentucky could beat the winless Sixers. (Side note: Bledsoe and Noel both played at Kentucky.)
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Bledsoe said after the game that a Sixers player told him he would get knocked down.
“You could tell (it was intentional). Look at the tape,” Bledsoe told reporters, per The Associated Press.
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Bledsoe also said he was just kidding about the whole Kentucky thing.
“I respect those guys over there,” he told reporters.
Noel admitted nothing.
“I thought I blocked the shot, at first,” he told reporters. “Then I felt his head. It’s nothing personal.”
The Suns quickly laughed off the episode and blew out the Sixers 122-96, dropping Philly to 0-11.
(Source: Yahoo! Sports)
