Top 3 ugliest fights in the 2022-23 NBA season

By | Niranjan Bhargav 6 Feb, 2023

Top 3 fiercest fights of the 2022–2023 NBA season

Basketball fans are very much excited for the 2022-23 season, as every year the NBA tries to do something interesting and different. Apart from this, some fights and rivalries are also seen between the players and teams which makes the audience more excited. However, sometimes it may raise to a dangerous fight.

So to stay away from these conflicts, NBA has its best security guards to handle the situations. Moreover, NBA has made some strict decisions regarding the player’s on-field behavior. And all the players in the NBA are told to follow the rules.

So it’s going to be a big surprise, from the NBA side as they are looking to bring some more interesting things to the audience. NBA fans from all over the world would be eager to know about it.

3 ugliest fights that happened in the 2022-23 season

Dillon Brooks-Donovan Mitchell

As per the reports from the previous season, Dillion Brooks have named a disrespectful player by the media because of his ruthless behavior. In the previous season, he hit Gary Payton II, in a very dangerous manner which makes the guard fall and fracture his elbow.

Despite this, he didn’t change and again repeated this mistake with the NBA superstar Donovan Mitchell who was receiving a bad shot. This incident took place in the third quarter of the match between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Memphis Grizzlies.

According to the reports, Evan Mobley challenged Brooks when he crossed Mitchell. Just then the Memphis guard fell to the floor and he deliberately got hurt in his groin. This makes Mitchell angry and he just slams the ball at Brooks. After then, he just starts fighting with Brook which makes the crowd angry.

But in the end, the situation was perfectly handled by the NBA coordinators and their security members. Both Mitchell and Brooks were ejected from the game, and the NBA star Mitchell was fined a sum of $20,000 for his brutal behavior.

Killian Hayes-Moe Wagner

In a match between the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons, a conflict occurred between Killian Hayes and Moe Wagner. Both the players were chasing the pass, in which Wagner was just slightly away from Hayes. It looked like the Magic’s center was allowing the ball to roll out, but as soon he noticed that the point guard of Pistons was racing to get it.

Wagner just step aside and pushed the Piston’s guard Hayes straight to Detroit’s bench. Hayes fell into the hands of the Pistons’ coaching staff. After that, when Hayes got up he directly slams Wagner with a punch, which makes the audience go out of control.

At last, the NBA security took the charge and seriously instructed the audience to stay in their seats until and unless the situation comes under control.

Austin Rivers-Mo Bamba

As per the earlier seasons, the Orlando Magic was trolled by the media. Because of his involvement against the ugliest brawls in NBA history. They have repeated history, once again in their match against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The incident happened, between Orlando’s Mo Bamba and the Minnesota Austin Rivers in the third quarter. It started after the guard of Minnesota missed a three-point shot and Bamba and Markelle Fultz were talking rubbish about him.

After that Bamba tried to bear-hug Rivers, but he ducked and just slam Bamba with a few punches. Then the Rivers were taken down by Jalen Suggs. In the end, this dispute was finally stopped with the ejection of five players, and the NBA also decided to suspend some of the players with an additional punishment of a fine.