5 gamers had been ejected after a wild brawl throughout the Magic’s 127-120 win over the Timberwolves Friday night time in Minnesota
Orlando huge man Mo Bamba and Minnesota guard Austin Rivers exchanged punches throughout a third-quarter melee earlier than different gamers rushed in and bought concerned. Referees finally broke up the 2 sides. Each had been among the many ejections, along with the Wolves’ Taurean Prince and Jaden McDaniels and the Magic’s Jalen Suggs.
It’s unclear what sparked the incident. It appeared to escalate when Rivers was close to Orlando’s bench whereas on the courtroom, and Bamba appeared to return off the bench in oursuit of Rivers.
The Magic held an 83-73 lead on the time, and the sport was quickly paused to kind via the ejections.
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If this had been an precise boxing match, the 6-foot-3, 200-pound Rivers, the 7-foot, 230-pound Bamba would have had a definite bodily benefit in each method in addition to being in a special weight class.
This wasn’t the primary time these two groups have brawled. 5 years in the past, the 2 sides engaged in the same melee, when Arron Affalo and Nemanja Bjelica traded punches in 2018.
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