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A Ridiculous Basketball Fight

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jul 2nd, 2018 · 10:35 AM EDT

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How you’d like to take a flying knee from 7’1″, 223 pound Thon Maker?

Oh, and you’re not even looking. Your back is turned.

That’s what happened during this donnybrook in a FIBA World Cup qualifier between the Philippines and Australia:

Absolute scenes. Basketball fight. pic.twitter.com/ny9mBig1o9

— Jay Clark (@ClarkyHeraldSun) July 2, 2018

Here’s a slow-mo look that shows the first bit of contact that started the fight, a couple of cheap elbows in the paint, one where the Philippines player wasn’t even looking. I counted something like a half-dozen cheap shots.

Maker’s flying knee takes place about 42 seconds into this clip:

My god. This is outrageous. #FIBAWCAQ pic.twitter.com/5y9CnaPXq0

— Steve Smith (@stevesmithffx) July 2, 2018

13 players were ejected, according to Smith. The game continued with only two players for the Philippines, before this happened:

Smart foul from the Philippines skipper. Fouls out and leaves them with one player and no ability to continue the game. Thank god. Done. #FIBAWCAQ

— Steve Smith (@stevesmithffx) July 2, 2018

Then there was this:

This just happened. After one of the wildest on-court brawls in recent memory, the Philippines team pauses to pose for a selfie, like there’s something to celebrate pic.twitter.com/fTXAaBA5lp

— Mitchell Scott (@MitchellBScott) July 2, 2018

What the hell?

https://twitter.com/andrewbogut/status/1013767117445853184

https://twitter.com/andrewbogut/status/1013785152999206914