Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) players Jared Dillinger and Gary David of the Meralco Bolts as well as Calvin Abueva of the Alaska Aces were fined P10,000 each by the PBA on Tuesday, January 14 for ‘unsportsmanlike conduct.’ Meralco Bolts veteran forward Dillinger and Alaska Aces sophomore forward Abueva were involved in a heated altercation during their January 10 game, which resulted to technical fouls for each of them. However, PBA Commissioner Chito Salud conducted a thorough review of the game tape on Monday, January 13 and came to the decision of upgrading the technical foul for taunting on Dillinger to flagrant/unsportsmanlike conduct, and likewise upgrading the technical foul on Abueva for second motion to flagrant/unsportsmanlike conduct. The scuffle occurred in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter as both players got entangled after Abueva swatted away a drive by Dillinger. They both landed on the baseline barricade amid pushing and pulling as momentum took them down. Dillinger immediately held Abueva by the collar in what initially appeared to be a choke, causing referees to intervene and slap each of them with a technical foul.
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