Briefly: Okafor brawls, and heckling is blamed

Jahlil Okafor, the Philadelphia 76ers' 19-year-old rookie, got into a brawl outside a bar in Boston early Thursday morning.

Video of the incident was published by TMZ Sports, which wrote that the incident occurred because Okafor felt he was "being heckled from the moment he left the club and felt threatened because people swarmed him on the street."

In the video, Okafor is seen shouting at several individuals, then shoving a man to the ground. After at least one person tries to restrain him, Okafor punches a man who appears to be the same individual he had pushed, knocking him to the pavement again. At the start of the video, Okafor can be heard shouting to someone, "We got money," and using a racial slur.

The fight occurred after the Boston Celtics beat the Sixers 84-80 on Wednesday night. The Sixers are winless in their first 16 games of the season.

A 76ers spokesman said the team was aware of the report and gathering information.

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