Rudy Gobert, Miles Turner, Joe Ingalls and Donovan Mitchell were all ousted after a fight between Gobert and Turner in the fourth quarter.
Four players from the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz were ousted from the Game in Salt Lake City on Thursday, which Indiana won. 111-100。 The incident occurred at 4:01 a.m. with the game left.
At that point in the game, Pacers center Miles Turner pushed Rudy Gobert, and his shoulder hit his back after a layup error. Gobert responded by hugging Turner and trying to throw him to the ground. The two players had to separate near the basket opposite the Pacers bench.
Turner blamed the scuffle on Gerbert knocking him to the ground after the first game.
"In that case, I had to defend myself," Turner said. "I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. But that's not something I can decide. We'll talk to the league and see what happens next. ”
Mitchell scored 26 points and Gobert had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Mitchell blamed the scuffle on frustration with referees allowing too much contact early in the game.
Mitchell said: "This whole thing could have been avoided – just drawn the line early in the morning, not let it accumulate throughout the game.
After the game, Gobert had a lot to say about the brawl.
"Men need to stop acting like they're going to do more and (just) play basketball," Gobert said. Every tribune is Salt Lake. "If they really want to do more, let's do it off the pitch without safety and security, then we'll fix it." But on the pitch, no one is going to do it. Let's not act like we're living that life. Most men are not.
"At some point, I might have to stand up for myself. [Especially] if officials continue to do what they've been doing this season — they're allowing men to do too many things. I keep my head cool because I have a lot of self-control. ...... And I didn't feel threatened at all. I don't want to fight on the basketball court. But if someone wants to fight, I'm easy to approach. I was really accessible. I'm just not going to do that on social media. If someone has a problem, I won't fix it on Twitter or WhatsApp. ”
Gobert scored 11 points in the third quarter to help the Jazz briefly regroup. Turner and Malcolm Brogdon teamed up to hit three consecutive three-pointers to quell the run and extend the Pacers' lead to 83-74.
"It's a top five team in the league. But we brought a great fight to the game and we were able to finish it," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said.
The Utah Jazz were just five points behind in the fourth quarter, and with Mitchell and Gobert being ousted at the end of the fourth quarter, any hopes of a comeback were dashed.
"We lack physical fitness," Gobert said. "We let them get too many offensive rebounds. They are the more aggressive team tonight. We ran some roads, but you know, we couldn't get to the stop we needed. ”
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