who did what in the free-for-all that puts basketball to shame

The fight between the players Real Madrid y Partisan left one of the most embarrassing images seen in basketball history. A pitched battle that ended with 21 players disqualified, ten from the Whites and eleven from the Serbian squad. A series of inadmissible actions that led to the game being terminated with 1.40 minutes to go.

The end of the match, monopolized by the blows between the two teams, was initiated after a lack of Sergio Llull about Kevin Punter. From that moment on, madness broke out in the WiZink Center and a crowd was formed with everyone going to defend their respective companions.

A terrible image of the two teams and on which the Euroleague has not yet manifested. It is expected that throughout this Friday, since 24 hours were given, the punishments for the players involved in the brawl will be made official. In addition, the sanctions will be very forceful after what was seen in the second game of the tie between Real Madrid and Partizán.

Llull and Punter, instigators

The start of it all happened when Kevin Punter was raising the ball during one of the last possessions of the game. At that moment, the North American point guard received a strong and unnecessary foul from Sergio Llull. The guard of the white team hit him hard in the chest.

An action that caused Punter to face him, coming to collide with their bodies and threatening to hit him with his fist. From there, madness broke out on the field and the tangana between the two clubs originated. A brawl that started and there was no one to stop it.

Appearance of Yabusele

Guerschon Yabusele He was one of the first to come to the rescue of Sergio Llull after his run-in with Punter. The Real Madrid power forward used excessive force on the rival players and left one of the most impressive images in the history of basketball.

His first instinct was to push Punter hard to prevent things from escalating against the Real Madrid captain. An action that did not stop there, since he continued to deal blows left and right. It was at that moment when things escalated before the appearance of the other players.

[La segunda derrota del Madrid ante el Partizán acaba en una batalla campal a puñetazo limpio]

deck to the rescue

Another of the Real Madrid participants in the pitched battle that took place on the WiZink Center flooring was Gaby Deck. The Argentine ran quickly to help Llull and grabbed his rivals from behind. ‘Tortu’, as an instinctive reaction, punched a Partizan player from behind.

An action that was also picked up by television cameras. From that moment on, the fight escalated. Practically all the players present on the track came to defend their interests and prevent their teammates from suffering a blow from their rival.

Musa, Hezonja, Exum…

Dante Exum was one of the first to come to defend Kevin Punter. The Australian hit several Real Madrid players from behind and that caused some to charge at him. Figures like Musa or Hezonja were also main actors in the fight.

In fact, the Bosnian and the Croatian ended up getting muddy with Kevin Punter a few meters from the main hubbub. The American threw several punches to try to keep Real Madrid’s ’31’ from approaching him. However, Musa ended up on the ground after receiving a push and a grab from Lessortwhile Hezonja tried to prevent both players from intervening with his hands.

Almost all the members of the squads also took to the field. A trail of players like Rudy Fernandez, Alberto Abalde, Sergio Rodriguez, Tristan Vukcevic, Mathias Lessort o James Nunnally They were some of those who were affected by the pitched battle.

Meanwhile, the technical staff of Real Madrid and Partizán immediately jumped onto the track to try to calm the situation. After a few tense seconds, they managed to minimize what happened to the public present at WiZink. The referees of the match also tried to separate the players and avoid greater evils.

Key from Yabusele to Exum

Without a doubt, one of the most tense moments occurred between Dante Exum and Guerschon Yabusele. They were two of the first to attend the brawl and they got into a series of blows that ended with the Frenchman performing a hold that almost caused a series of very serious injuries to the Australian.

The Real Madrid power forward, in his eagerness to get rid of his rival, grabbed the point guard from behind to immediately grab him and throw him to the ground in a maneuver more typical of martial arts than of any other sport. This caused Exum to stay lying on the ground. The man from Partizán finally ended up with a serious injury after a tendon rupture in his toe due to a stomp on Deck.

After seeing what happened, Alberto Abalde he hurriedly ran to get Yabusele away from the thick of it as the situation gradually calmed down from the madness that was brewing. Even so, the corpulent Real Madrid player repeatedly wanted to get away from his partner to try to return and settle the pending accounts.

The intervention of the security members of the WiZink Center was also crucial so that things did not get worse. Despite needing almost a minute to separate it, they managed to stop the pitched battle from continuing and thus ‘normality’ was restored.

The actions of the referees

The first reaction of the match officials was to try to mediate between Real Madrid and Partizán at that moment. All of them, faced with the inability to stop them, had to act to separate them, interfering in the tumult of people and blows that prevailed.

Once they achieved the objective of stopping the fight, as authorities on the track, they were forced to review the images to decide what was happening with the remaining 1.40 minutes of the match. Finally, after a long period of reflection, they decided to end the game and, consequently, give Partizan the victory. With this result, the Serbian team made it 2-0 in their favor in the tie.

However, the punishment did not stop there, since they decided to expel players from both teams. Yam Madar, Danilo Andjusic, Uros Trifunovic, Ioannis Papapetrou, Alen Smailagic, Aleksa AvramovicTristan Vukcevic, Mathias Lessort, James Nunnally, Kevin Punter and Dante Exum were the disqualified in the Serbian team.

On behalf of Real Madrid, Guerschon Yabusele, Mario Hezonja, Dzanan Musa, Gabriel Deck, Nigel Williams-Goss, Anthony Randolph, Rudy Fernandez, Alberto Abalde, Sergio Rodriguez y Adam Hanga they followed the same path as their rivals. Now all that remains is to know the punishments they will receive from the Euroleague and their respective teams.

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