Ibaka and Chriss have been battling all evening.
It was a tough evening for the Toronto Raptors as they misplaced to the bottom-dwelling Cleveland Cavaliers 126-101 on Monday evening. It was a reasonably uneventful sport aside from the truth that Raptors participant Serge Ibaka completely manhandled Marquese Chriss the Cavs. Each gamers had been battling all evening lengthy and tempers lastly boiled over after each gamers went for the ball within the third quarter. Ibaka ended up falling backward after being guarded by Chriss. The Cavs participant than appeared down at Ibaka and despatched some phrases his approach. That is when Ibaka rushed up and commenced to choke Chriss, which then led to punches thrown by each gamers.
Each Ibaka and Chriss have been promptly ejected from the sport. Neither participant commented on the scenario after the match however in accordance with ESPN, a spokesperson for the Raptors defined that Ibaka was upset at what Chriss mentioned whereas he was laying on the courtroom.
Ibaka has been suspended previously which suggests he may very well be going through a Three-5 sport suspension. The Raptors veteran would lose $149,000 per sport if he have been to be miss any matches.
With the loss, the Raptors now sit at a document 48-20 and are nonetheless ranked second within the Jap Convention.