The preseason finale between the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers featured a matchup between two of the top centers in the NBA, Hassan Whiteside of Miami and Joel Embiid of Philadelphia. Neither had a standout performance, with Embiid's 76ers defeating Whiteside's Heat 119-95 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City; Embiid finished with 5 points on only 1-of-7 shooting in 14:33, while Whiteside finished with 7 points on 2-of-5 shooting in 10:54.

But the two socially engaging big men weren't shy about bringing their trash talk from the game to social media.

Whiteside and Embiid each blocked the other's shot within the first two minutes of the game. Whiteside picked up his third foul of the game with 9:39 left in the first quarter, and Embiid called for Whiteside to be subbed out.

Joel Embiid, right, and Hassan Whiteside, left, have met only once during the regular season so far, but they are developing an entertaining rivalry. Denny Medley/USA TODAY Sports

Whiteside responded to a Heat fan after the game who took exception to Embiid's trash talk after such a poor shooting game, saying, "The media won't show that." Whiteside then responded to a Bleacher Report post highlighting Embiid getting Whiteside in foul trouble.

The media won't show that 😂🤷🏽‍♂️ — Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) October 14, 2017

Funny how y'all don't show me telling him the same and 1-7 shooting 🤷🏽‍♂️ or the first 2 flops I mean blocks. Lol y'all fan boys I swear😂 — Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) October 14, 2017

It didn't take Embiid long to clap back at Whiteside, and Embiid dug a little deeper to do so, bringing back criticisms of Whiteside's conflicting on-off court numbers with the Heat. In each of Whiteside's three seasons with the Heat, the team has had a better defensive rating with him off the court than on the court. In 2016-17, the Heat allowed 105.3 points per 100 possessions when Whiteside was on the court, and only 102.2 points per 100 possessions when Whiteside was off the court, according to NBA.com.

Embiid also alluded to Kevin Durant's Twitter snafu from this offseason to finish his salvo against Whiteside.

Dude they had to take your ass out or you would've fouled out in 5 min... And we're talking about Preseason, not regular season..... #Softy https://t.co/IAIBDDypFK — Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) October 14, 2017

And keep caring about stats and not your team success..... your +/- was ass @youngwhiteside #Softy — Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) October 14, 2017

My bad y'all , I thought I was using my burner account #TheProcess — Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) October 14, 2017

Whiteside ended his response to Embiid by knocking his unreliable durability. Embiid recently signed a contract extension with Philadelphia despite playing in only 31 games since being drafted third overall out of Kansas in the 2014 NBA draft.

Embiid has taken jabs at Whiteside before, as he retweeted his own tweet from January 2017 mocking Whiteside's criticisms of the All-Star voting.

Embiid and Whiteside caught the attention of other players around the league Friday night. The Heat and 76ers will begin their four-game regular season series on Feb. 2, 2018. The location of that matchup is in Philadelphia.

Da kid @JoelEmbiid is a God!!! — Andre Iguodala (@andre) October 14, 2017