SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown wasn’t precisely certain what occurred in a skirmish between each groups towards the tip of a 133-124 loss to the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night time. However Brown had a message for any NBA group hoping to check his Kings as they shut in on making the postseason for the primary time since 2006.
“I do not know what occurred, however ain’t taking no s— from no person,” Brown mentioned after the sport. “Belief me on that. They usually’re all going to have one another’s backs in there.”
Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo was slowly dribbling out the ultimate seconds left within the sport in entrance of Kings ahead Trey Lyles. A number of Kings mentioned after the sport that they took exception to Antetokounmpo’s gradual and angled dribbling.
A annoyed Lyles tried to steal the ball from Antetokounmpo earlier than shoving him with two palms with 15.1 seconds left. Unbeknownst to Antetokounmpo, Bucks heart Brook Lopez approached Lyles head to head. Lyles responded by grabbing Lopez’s neck. Lopez following instantly by grabbing the again of Lyle’s head earlier than referees, gamers, coaches and safety from each groups shortly converged.
The scenario settled down because the skirmish reached the scorer’s desk, after an irate Lopez needed to be calmed close to half courtroom.
Lopez and Lyles had been each ejected. Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer additionally performed it secure by taking Antetokounmpo out of the sport.
The Bucks had been up simply 120-116 with 3:11 remaining earlier than ending the victory with a 13-6 run.
“It is unlucky,” Budenholzer mentioned. “I feel it was an ideal sport. I used to be so impressed by Sacramento and the way in which they play. I am not going to say something about what did or did not occur.”
Mentioned Kings guard De’Aaron Fox: “Giannis might simply dribble the ball out. That is all he needed to do, and nothing would have occurred.”
Antetokounmpo had a game-high 46 factors, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, whereas teammate Khris Middleton added 31 factors and 9 assists. Fox had a team-high 35 factors for Sacramento, and fellow All-Star Domantas Sabonis added his tenth triple-double of the season 23 factors, 17 rebounds and 15 assists.