It seems that a pair of Boston Celtics alumni found themselves on the opposite side of the European version of a (much more subdued) Malice in the Palace on Thursday, with a match between Spanish club Real Madrid and Belgrade-based ball club KK Partizan.
One of the Celtics’ stashed floor generals, Israeli point guard Yam Madar watched as his team erupted into an all-out brawl with formerly stashed Boston big man Guerschon Yabusele ending up in the thick of things, most notably when he body-slammed fellow ex-NBAer Dante Exum to the hardwood.
The Dancing Bear — as Yabusele is called — and the acts of others as the fight spiraled out of control caused the match to be canceled by the officials things got so bad (h/t to BasketNews).
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You can see it quickly escalate from players from each team taking issue with contact near the perimeter that appears to have been called for a foul.
Guerschon Yabusele and Dante Exum involved in this massive brawl between Real Madrid and Partizan.
Refs suspended the game after this pic.twitter.com/EzGjtQiMHL
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But players from both sides got involved in the scrum too fast for the refs to calm the incident down.
For a closer view of Yabu’s Suplex on poor Dante, check out the tweet below.
Looks like the Dancing Bear is ready for some WWE action. Already has a proper wrestling name, too. pic.twitter.com/pw3NwgTroC
— Dr. Justin Quinn (@justinquinnn) April 27, 2023
No word at present if further action will be taken with the players involved.
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