The NBA has fined Ben Simmons $20,000 and assessed the Philadelphia 76ers guard a flagrant foul 1 upon league office review for an elbow to the groin of Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry in the second quarter of the Sixers’ win Thursday night.
Lowry said after the game that Simmons had approached him during the 76ers’ 116-95 win to apologize for the incident, which happened when they became tangled after going for a rebound under the basket.
“Yeah, he said it at halftime. Said he didn’t mean to,” Lowry said. “(Referee) Scott Foster didn’t call it on the floor. It’s not like I’m going to dwell on it or bitch about it. It happened. It’s over now. We got our ass kicked after. It didn’t matter.”
Information from ESPN’s Tim Bontemps was used in this report.