Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor will play Friday night against the
Houston Rockets, the rookie’s first game since he was involved in an alleged
assault caught on video, according to a published report.
Okafor, 19, got into an altercation outside a Boston nightclub early Thursday
morning, and footage of the incident was obtained by TMZ.com. The footage
shows him shouting at several people — using a racial slur at one point —
and then throwing one man to the ground. Okafor then punched the same man.
The Sixers will face the Rockets in Houston, with tipoff set for 8 p.m. ET.
The 76ers did not immediately return messages left by USA TODAY Sports.
“It was definitely dumb on my part,” Okafor told The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“It’s something that I am embarrassed about. I’m not happy about it at
all. But we are still going to through the process of what we are going to do.
在昨天波士顿夜店的争吵事件后
七六人新秀Okafor依然会在今天客场面对火箭的比赛上阵
而后续是否会禁赛还要等到NBA官方和76人进行调查过后
Okafor表示: “我确实做了很愚蠢的事情，并且为此感到尴尬，这件事让我非常不开心，
但我们仍然需要要做好我们该做的事情。”