NBA referee Jenna Schroeder had to correct a mistake in a strange situation during the Philadelphia 76ers’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.
Early in the second quarter, 76ers center Andre Drummond was ejected for a foul on Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. However, video replay of the incident forced the referees to overturn the ejection and call Drummond back into the game even though he had already left the court.
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Referee Jenna Schroeder during the game between the 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center on December 23, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Schroeder was heard telling 76ers head coach Nick Nurse: “I screwed up.” Drummond was allowed to return to the game.
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Instead of Drummond receiving the technical foul, Wembanyama received a technical foul for falling. Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey shot the technical free throw, but the referees overturned the technical foul and docked him a point.
Crew chief Curtis Blair said the review showed Drummond stepped on Wembanyama’s foot and it was considered incidental contact.
Keldon Johnson of the San Antonio Spurs dunks against Andre Drummond of the 76ers, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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The Spurs’ 7-footer said there should have been no foul on the play.
“I just stepped on my foot and fell,” he said. “That’s it. They just tripped me. I didn’t mean to fall. I didn’t expect the foul to be called. I just fell.”
The nurse also reacted to the incident.
“It was all really strange,” he said.
Sixers star Joel Embiid was also ejected from the game after receiving two technical fouls for unsportsmanlike conduct. He was seen rushing Schroeder at one point and needed to be stopped.
Sixers center Andre Drummond, left, reacts after being called for a foul against San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Dec. 23, 2024. (Images by Bill Streicher-Imagn)
Embiid did not speak to the media after the game.
Philadelphia beat San Antonio, 111-106.
