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.
在昨天波士頓夜店的爭吵事件後
七六人新秀Okafor依然會在今天客場面對火箭的比賽上陣
而後續是否會禁賽還要等到NBA官方和76人進行調查過後
Okafor表示: 「我確實做了很愚蠢的事情，並且為此感到尷尬，這件事讓我非常不開心，
但我們仍然需要要做好我們該做的事情。」