Lowry, Simmons get tossed, reportedly meet in tunnel after
Kyle Lowry and Ben Simmons exchanged unpleasantries in the final seconds of the 76ers' win over the Raptors on Monday, earning double technicals and getting themselves tossed.
Before they left the floor, the Sixers rookie appeared to invite the fiery Raptors point guard to meet him in the tunnel; an invitation Lowry appeared to eagerly accept.
Simmons and Lowry ejected over this in a game that’s all but over. Simmons appears to invite him to meet him outside. Who you got? I’m taking Lowry #RaptorsSixers pic.twitter.com/1mXwbaNYoW
— J. Michael (@ThisIsJMichael) January 15, 2018
While the chest-pounding threats may have looked as though they were for show, the two reportedly did have words on their way to their respective locker rooms, according to Sixers beat writer Jon Johnson.
Hearing there was an altercation between Simmons and Lowry in the hallway
— Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonwip) January 15, 2018
Whether the conversation did or didn't occur off the court, the incident apparently wasn't serious.
"It's nothing," Simmons told reporters after the game, according to Johnson.
But Simmons also explained he wasn't going to take Lowry's verbal jabs lying down.
"I think they're just trying to test me. I don't know if they're trying to test me or see how I am on the court, but I don't play around. I'm not going to take s--- from anybody." he said, according to Jessica Camerato of NBC Sports.