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A number of players were dismissed following a confrontation during the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 146-132 victory against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.The altercation originated from Spurs forward Julian Champagnie attempting to drive past defending Thunder forward Kenrich Williams by swinging his elbows.
One of the elbows appeared to have made contact — or nearly made contact — with Williams, who reacted by confronting Champagnie face-to-face. Teammates rushed in to support both players, creating a crowd that ultimately resulted in pushing, shoving, and yelling.
More storiesSpurs and Thunder clash after some physical defense pic.twitter.com/MkyUvPn5kR
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) March 3, 2025
this is another perspective, where you can clearly see Spurs forward jeremy Sochan and Thunder forward ‘Luguentz Dort’, grasping each other’s jerseys while exchanging words.
A important scuffle just erupted here after what seems to be Lu Dort and Jeremy Sochan getting into it. < pic.twitter .com/a4AwoBul0H <
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Thankfully no punches were thrown and no one was injured during the brawl. After officials reviewed everything and examined the footage, Williams, Champagnie, and Dort received technical fouls and were ejected from the game while Sochan also received one but stayed in play.
Incidents like this are bound to happen throughout an 82-game season as competitive emotions sometimes overflow. The’NBA’‘ has gradually tightened its grip on even minor skirmishes like this by imposing strict penalties as a way to ensure situations do not escalate into hazardous territory.
<While all participants emerged from this incident unscathed , we must wonder if anyone’s bank account will take hit due to fines from the league in the near future.
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