Mitchell Robinson got his Joel Embiid revenge with one thunderous Knicks slam
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“two years ago where Joel Embiid dragged down Mitchell Robinson under the northeast basket of the Sixers arena”
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One web search result explicitly mentions Embiid committing a flagrant foul by grabbing Mitchell Robinson's ankle during a layup attempt, which aligns with the 'dragging down' description. However, the specific detail about the 'northeast basket' and the 'two years ago' timeframe is not independently corroborated by a second source in the provided evidence.
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— The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
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— The 2022–23 NBA season was the 77th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 18, 2022, and ended on April 9, 2023. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game was played…
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— The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the…
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“Robinson was just returning from ankle surgery”
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One web search result mentions Mitchell Robinson 'marked his return' in a game against the 76ers, and another mentions he suffered a 'stress injury to his left ankle'. While it is highly probable he was returning from an ankle injury, the specific phrase 'returning from ankle surgery' at the exact time of the Embiid incident is only supported by the context of the provided search results without a second independent confirmation.
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— The 2022–23 NBA season was the 77th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 18, 2022, and ended on April 9, 2023. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game was played…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_NBA_season
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— The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the…
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— The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
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“A third ankle surgery was just a few weeks away”
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The evidence mentions a stress injury to the left ankle and general injury reports, but there is no mention of a 'third ankle surgery' or a specific timeline stating it was 'a few weeks away' from the incident.
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— The 2022–23 NBA season was the 77th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 18, 2022, and ended on April 9, 2023. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game was played…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_NBA_season
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— The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_NBA_playoffs
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— The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
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“Robinson caught a lob from the baseline... and just dunked all over Embiid”
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One web search result explicitly states that Mitchell Robinson 'marked his return in Game 3 for the Knicks with a statement poster jam over 76ers star Joel Embiid'. This corroborates the act of dunking over Embiid, but the specific detail of the 'lob from the baseline' is not independently confirmed by another source.
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— The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
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— The 2022 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2021–22 season. The playoffs began on April 16 and ended on June 16 with Golden State Warriors defeating th…
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— The 2022–23 NBA season was the 77th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 18, 2022, and ended on April 9, 2023. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game was played…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_NBA_season
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_NBA_season
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“the same baseline where he was pulled from behind in 2024”
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The claim states he was pulled from behind in 2024. However, another source mentions that the 'bad history' between Embiid and Robinson 'started back in 2024', while the claim in index 0 refers to an event 'two years ago'. The evidence is contradictory regarding the date of the original foul (2024 vs 2 years prior), and there is no specific confirmation of the 'baseline' location for a 2024 incident.
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— The 2018 NBA Draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and …
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— Mitchell Robinson III (born April 1, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 36th overall pic…
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— The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks co…
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