Kyle Lowry, Ben Simmons reportedly involved in postgame altercation after ejections

It was a heated game on Monday afternoon in Philadelphia between the Sixers and the Raptors.

Six technical fouls were given out — four to Toronto, and two to Philly — including a double technical and ejection with a mere six seconds left in the game to Raptors’ Kyle Lowry and Sixers’ Ben Simmons.

This altercation looks like it started out of thin air; after Simmons bumps into Jakob Poeltl and seemingly says something to him, Lowry sticks up for his sophomore centre and gets in the face of Simmons.

But for anyone who watched Lowry’s first game back from injury on Monday, it’s safe to say he was already fed up with Simmons before this late-game altercation.

Neither player is really in the right in this mini-altercation from earlier in the game, and you can see the beef starting to stew.

After the ejection, as Lowry began walking off the court, he invited Simmons back with him so they could continue their discussion behind the scenes.

And of course, this got the rumour-mill all fired up.

Lowry brushed off the beef, saying “I guess he thinks he’s somebody.”

And Simmons came out in the postgame press conference — not looking dishevelled in the least — and cleared up all the rumours about him and Lowry’s exchange.

Take from this what you will.

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