NEW YORK — Joel Embiid was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for public criticism of referees that included profanity.

The penalty was announced by Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA's executive vice-president of basketball operations.

Embiid's comments came at the end of his postgame interview following Philadelphia's 112-109 home loss to Boston on Tuesday.

"I knew what I was getting into," Embiid said. "I haven't seen the Last 2-Minute Report but I did get fouled and everybody knew that. I felt like it changed the outcome of the game. The game could have been tied and I was in the heat of the moment."

The report did say Al Horford should have been called for fouling Embiid with 35 seconds remaining.

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