The NBA authorized sending Memphis Grizzlies Dillon Brooks with a party without paying for Thursday night’s fight in which he joked with Cleveland Cavaliers escort Donovan Mitchell that was worth a second fine.
The fight started after Flows punched Mitchell in the groin in the third quarter after the Team Guard Grizzly Bears would fall to the ground. An angry Mitchell responded by throwing the ball at Brooks and shoving him. Following the split, both players were ejected in a game that ended 128–113 in Cleveland’s favor.
The league learned that Brooks will serve his suspension on Sunday when they face Toronto’s Birds of Prey, while Mitchell had to pay the league $20,000 for his role in the fight.
After the match, the star of the caves did not hesitate to throw fuel on the fire and criticize the actions of his rival that he “boiled” throughout his career.
He is like that. We’ve seen that before in this competition. He and I have had our personal battle for years, there is no room for that in the party. This has been brewing against me and other guys in the league for years, it’s nothing new […] If there is no punishment, he will continue to do so. This is nonsense and I am appealing because I don’t think I should have been suspended in self-defense.
Before he was ejected, Mitchell scored six points in 22 minutes of the game as he was defended by streams in a game repeated during his years with the Utah Jazz.
That’s fine if we talk, but you have to draw a line there. The NBA needs to do something about this. I’m not the only one this has happened to and there is no place for it in this sport.
Just one day later, during the game between the Orlando Magic and the Minnesota Timberwolves, Mo Bamba and Austin Rivers played another fight that resulted in a five-player disqualification.
Source: La Neta Neta
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