Here are some of the reactions over FIBA World Cup game brawl between Philippines and Australia.
FIBA WORLD CUP – The famous Pinoy celebrities and athletes reacted to the “one of the wildest on-court brawls” which marred between Australia and Philippines during the qualifying match.
The Gilas Pilipinas hosted Australia in the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers on Monday at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan vying for the top spot in Group B.
However, the basketball fans got shocked over the tension which boiled down into a brawl between the two teams during the four minutes remaining in the third quarter of the match.
According to a report from The Guardian, the fight spilled when Philippines guard RR Pogoy lashed out at Chris Goulding of the opposing team with an elbow.
This was then fired back by Australia’s Boomer Daniel Kickert’s aggressive forearm to Pogoy’s face which sparked “one of the wildest on-court brawls”.
The brawl included punches, elbows, kicks, and objects hurled at players.
Watch the video of the incident below:
https://youtu.be/Fmr0ry55zxg
There were 13 players who got ejected from the game.
The chief executive of Basketball Australia Anthony Moore has stated, “Basketball Australia deeply regrets the incident in tonight’s match between the Boomers and the Philippines in Manila. We are extremely disappointed with what happened and our role in it.”
Moreover from the report, “This is not the spirit in which sport should be played and certainly not in the spirit in which we aim to play basketball. We apologise to our fans and will await the penalties to be handed down.”
And here are some of the reactions of some famous Pinoy and athlete over the brawl:
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