Three players have been suspended for their roles in Friday night's Magic-Timberwolves brawl:
"Bamba and Rivers engaged in an altercation in front of the Magic bench, with both players throwing punches," the NBA wrote in its statement explaining the suspensions."Suggs and McDaniels then entered the confrontation as non-peacemakers, which resulted in continued escalation of the situation.
"Following the incident, Bamba attempted to continue to engage with Rivers in a hostile manner in the corridor outside the locker rooms where he also aggressively shoved a security representative. Both Bamba and Rivers continued the escalation on social media following the game." Per the NBA, Suggs' suspension was levied"for escalating the altercation by aggressively grabbing Rivers around the neck and pulling him to the floor." Austin Rivers, Mo Bamba at center of Magic-Timberwolves brawl that leads to five ejectionsRivers said he heard"language on their bench, just by one dude" leading up to the altercation. In the play before the fight, Rivers missed a corner 3-point shot by the Magic's bench and words appeared to be exchanged.
"I'm not really going to get into what he said, I'm not going to snitch on the dude or whatever,' Rivers said after the game. "I just didn't like the way he was talking to me, for no reason, too. I don't even know that dude, I don't know anything about him, obviously I just know he's a player for the Magic."Things get really heated between the Magic and Timberwolves.
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