NBA punishes Chito Vera imitators. These are the penalties for punches, neck grabs, and crotch kicks

‘What’s happening in the NBA! Austin Rivers and Mo Bamba get into a fistfight in the middle of the game’, was the headline that reflected the astonishment of the newspaper ACEfrom Spain, a sensation shared by the rest of the planet, after the merciless brawl that the players of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Orlando Magic staged the previous Friday night.

NBA, Chito Vera style: Wild fight, brutal crotch punches and five ejections in the Orlando Magic-Minnesota Timberwolves duel!

“The NBA is revolutionized these days. Just one night after the tremendous fight between Dillon Brooks and Donovan Mitchell at the Cavaliers-Grizzlies this past dawn, they got involved again with an even more shocking brawl in the game between the Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves that ended with a victory for the Magic (127 -120)”, published Sports world.

The newspaper from Barcelona emphasized this: “And no hidden ‘niceties’ such as grabbing testicles as Brooks thought of doing with Mitchell.”

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Meanwhile, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, the beating broke out in the third quarter of a violent Friday night. Austin Rivers (Minnesota) confronted Mo Bamba (Orlando), who was sitting on the Magic’s bench, after a strong exchange of words. The two clashed on the track, while teammates from both teams came running and security members tried to separate them.

There were five expelled and there are already more severe sanctions for the basketball players who launched kicks in the style of the Ecuadorian Marlon Chito Vera, the best exponent of mixed martial arts on the world famous UFC circuit.

The NBA punished center Mo Bamba (Magic) with a four-game suspension on Saturday and guard Austin Rivers (Timberwolves) with another three for unleashing a violent altercation in Friday’s game, which ended with five players thrown from the court.

In its statement, the NBA detailed that Bamba tried to confront Rivers again on the way to the locker room, where he also pushed a security element.

The league also took action against Magic point guard Jalen Suggs and Timberwolves power forward Jaden McDaniels for engaging in the altercation “as non-peacemakers, which escalated the situation.”

Suggs, who grabbed Rivers by the throat and threw him onto the court, was suspended for one game and McDaniels fined $20,000. The fifth ejected for the incident, Taurean Prince (Timberwolves), received no punishment. (D)