WATCH: Wild brawl breaks out at Spanish basketball game

Ryan Songalia

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Former Brooklyn Net Tornike Shengelia takes a swing at an opposing player, touching off a bench-clearing brawl

BASKET-BRAWL. Members of the Baskonia and Bilbao ACB basketball squads exchange punches late in the fourth quarter of their derby matchup. Screenshot from Youtube

MANILA, Philippines – A derby game between basketball clubs Saski Baskonia and Bilbao Basket in the Spanish ACB pro league turned ugly on Sunday, March 1. 

With Bilbao ahead, 91-75, with just 7.2 seconds to go, former Brooklyn Net Tornike Shengelia of Baskonia challenged Bilbao player Dejan Todorovic’s dunk attempt hard at the rim.

Todorovic took offense and pushed Shengelia, who responded by throwing an overhand right at the Bosnian guard. Both teams cleared their benches in the brawl, with multiple players being throwing punches, including Spanish national team member Ilimane Diop.

From there, all that was missing was someone shouting out “WORLD STAR!”

Play resumed after several players were ejected from the court. Shengelia, who played for Brooklyn from 2012-14 before being traded to Chicago, walked over and kissed a young boy who was caught in the melee before leaving to the locker room. 

Sanctions are pending with multiple suspensions expected before each team takes the court again on March 8.

The ACB isn’t the only basketball league where the players’ fists do some of the talking. Last month, former NBA players Von Wafer, Hamed Haddadi and Jeremy Tyler lit up the Chinese Basketball Association with below the belt punching, chair-tossing and a near riot in the tunnel. – Rappler.com

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