76ers' Joel Embiid hit with flagrant 1 after review of kick on Pistons' Cade Cunningham

The NBA has given Joel Embiid a flagrant foul 1 after reviewing a first-quarter play from the Philadelphia 76ers' 112-106 win in Detroit on Wednesday. The play drew no whistle when it happened. Yahoo Sports reported that Embiid's right leg swung out as he started a 3-point attempt and caught Pistons guard Cade Cunningham in the groin.

The upgrade has no immediate effect on the lineup. It is Embiid's first flagrant of the season, and it puts one point on his disciplinary count. Under league rules, a player who reaches six flagrant points in the regular season gets an automatic one-game suspension. Embiid will be available Friday, but this is the first point toward that limit, and the season is nine games old.

The kick happened with 5:32 left in the first quarter, according to ClutchPoints, whose Kris Pursiainen first reported the ruling. Cunningham bent over and was slow to recover while Embiid went past him for a dunk, and he was still holding the spot as play moved to the other end. Embiid also had a separate problem that night. Officials gave him a technical foul for shoving Detroit's Tolu Smith under the basket with 1:25 left in the first half. Yahoo Sports noted that the technical was also his first of the season.

Cunningham had nine points at halftime. He finished with 26 points and 11 assists but made only 1 of 9 from 3-point range. Embiid had 26 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. Jaylen Brown led Philadelphia with 30 points and seven rebounds. ClutchPoints reported that Embiid is averaging 19.6 points and 10 rebounds over his first seven games.

What it means for Friday in Cleveland

The 76ers go to Cleveland on Friday at 8-1. They are 4-0 on the road and have won five straight since their only loss, a 106-93 home defeat to Detroit. The streak includes a 126-107 win over Chicago, but most of the other games were close. Philadelphia beat Charlotte by five, the Knicks by five, Indiana by five and the Pistons by six. The Sixers have already beaten the Cavaliers once, 114-106 at home in their third game.

The 12 venues on this site's board favor Philadelphia on the road. On the moneyline, Novig has the Sixers at -144, which pays $69.44 profit per $100. BetRivers has the best price anywhere at -141 ($70.92 per $100). Novig lists Cleveland at +138. The spreads differ by a point. Novig has Philadelphia -3.5 at even money, while BetRivers offers -2.5 at -110. The total is 228.5 at both. Novig has the over at -111 and BetRivers has it at -107. The sportsbook hold runs from 2.9% to 4.6% on the moneyline and up to 5.2% on the spread and total.

Most of Philadelphia's wins have been decided by five or six points, so the gap between -2.5 and -3.5 matters more than usual. The Sixers have also kept scores low: four of their nine games have combined for fewer than 215 points. Against that, a total of 228.5 implies Cleveland will play at a faster pace than Philadelphia usually does.