Jesse D. GarrabrantIn typical Philadelphia sports fashion, 76ers guard Ben Simmons won the smack-talk battle with Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic on Saturday afternoon, but ultimately lost the war. Nobody writes checks they can't cash quite like Philly, am I right?
Half way through the third quarter at the Wells Fargo Center, with the Sixers down big, Simmons stepped to the free throw line and threw up a brick, an all-too familiar occurrence for the star guard (58-percent on the year from the free throw stripe). Nurkic, the 6-foot-11 “Bosnian Beast,” took it upon himself to remind Simmons he just bricked it, shouting “hellll no.” Simmons wasn't having it, clapping back at Nurkic underneath the hoop:
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Funny stuff from Simmons. Just a few problems, the first being Nurkic finished the game with 24 points, 10 boards and four assists, which doesn't exactly scream “ass.” The second being the final score, w..

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Moments like the one we are about to share only further this notion. On Thursday night in Milwuakee, during a particularly boring stretch of the Bucks vs. Celtics game, a Bucks fan sitting court side spilled his beer everywhere when Boston forward Marcus Morris crashed into him as he saved the ball. Harlan did what he does best, perfectly describing the situation in great detail like the play-by-play legend he is:
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“Some Schlitz maybe, who knows! He's just SOAKED in beer. It's in the guy's hair… it's IN THE GUY'S HAIR! Beer is every place! The Mi..

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