The Cavaliers and Raptors also played in the Eastern Conference playoffs last season, and although the rosters of both teams have changed a lot this season, they will still play extra hard every time they meet because of various new hatreds and old hatreds. On March 12, Beijing time, the Raptors lost 101-126 to the Cavaliers, but compared to the result of the game, the conflict between the two teams on the field was more remarkable. The Raptors' Ibaka and the Cavaliers' Marquis Chris met on the court, swinging their fists at each other.
One scene of the clash took place in the final moments of the third quarter of the game, when the Raptors laid out a backcourt long pass to the frontcourt, and Ibaka, who was responsible for receiving the ball, wrestled with Chris near the Cavaliers' three-second zone. The two sides pulled at each other, their arms entangled, and there were many small movements. As a result, when Ibaka tried to get the ball, his body lost his balance, and not only did the ball not receive it, but the person also fell to the floor.
Seeing such a scene, Chris sprayed a few garbage words at Ibaka sitting on the ground, and Ibaka did not wait for his teammates to run over and pull himself up, climbed up and went directly to Chris, a pair of large hands directly pinched Chris's neck and pushed him to the side. Chris was clearly unprepared, and with his back to Ibaka, he was aimlessly waving his fists and elbows.
On the other hand, Ibaka, because he had been controlling Chris, after pushing him near the basket, freed his right hand and punched him in a straight fist. Chris also reacted quickly, and after dodging this punch, he also immediately swung his fist to fight back, and the two wrestled together. At this time, the players of both sides and the staff of the two teams who were still on the field rushed to the "crime scene" and separated the two.
Such a serious "violent incident", the NBA will definitely add additional blowing penalties. And for a "habitual offender" like Ibaka, it is not excluded that the NBA Alliance will increase his punishment. In March 2017, Ibaka was suspended from the game with Bulls' Robin López on the court. But as a "grumpy old brother", every time something like this happens, you can still see Ibaka waving his long arms and fists.
"To be like a man, I have to protect myself," Ibaka said after the fight with López, "I don't just stand there dumbfounded, just watch someone hit me, and then I walk away without a problem, I want to protect myself." 」 You never know what's going to happen, and I'm just protecting myself. He punched me first, then I had to do something. ”
The NBA arena is full of flesh-and-blood boys, and it is inevitable that they will hit fiercely and have a hot head. But compared to Ibaka, who is "grumpy" every time, barnes who laughs at the fist in the picture above, the position of the two is self-evident.