On December 28, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the fine, 76ers center Embiid was fined $75,000 by the league for making obscene moves on the court, NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations Joe Dumas announced the news.

That happened on Dec. 26 when the 76ers beat the Celtics 118-114 in the first half of TD Garden. Embiid hit a three-pointer just before halftime and then made a lewd move at the Green fans. This action was captured by the League, and he was heavily punished. This isn't the first time Embiid has been penalized for similar reasons.

In this game, the 76ers won by 4 points in the end. Embiid contributed 27 points and nine rebounds, Maxey had 33 points, four rebounds and 12 assists, and Caleb Martin had 23 points and seven three-pointers. The 76ers have been in good form of late, winning four of their last five games and are currently in 11th place in the East.

Embiid has played nine games for the 76ers, averaging 21.3 points, seven rebounds and 3.9 assists per game while shooting 43 percent from the field and 28.9 percent from three-point range. With the number of games certainly not reaching 65, Embiid has been confirmed to be out of the awards, which is also the second consecutive season that he has been disqualified. Embiid's annual salary this season is $51.41 million.