Wrestling match on the field during the match on Wednesday night between Houston Rockets And Phoenix Suns resulted in two ejections and one bloody player.
Houston Steven Adams and Phoenix mason Plumlee They both received double technical techniques and ejected late in the second quarter after the physical game below the net resulted in the players to wrestle on the ground.
Houston Rockets Center Steven Adams comes out of the field after being thrown out during the Phoenix Suns game at the Toyota Center on March 12, 2025. (Pictures of Troy Taormina-Hagn)
“We just tied up,” Plumlee said of the incident after the game. “He went to the plates and did what he was doing, so he just introduced him to physics and, yes, you all saw it.”
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With the remaining about three minutes at halftime, both NBA players They were running after the bumper when Adams and Plumlee locked their hands. Jostling continued and it seemed that Adams had picked up Plumlee from the field and to the ground.
The lighting continued on the field, and both players were separated by a mixture of coaches, teammates and officials.
“Look, everyone will see the clip that happened, but as he goes for every bounce, and he makes it dirty or not,” Plumlee added. “I just felt like they were more physically than us, so I just made a point to hit him in a glass.”
Mason Plumlee of Phoenix Suns and Steven Adams of the Houston Rockets were twisted into a quarrel at the Toyota Center on March 12, 2025 at Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)
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Plumlee left the terrain with a bleeding cut above the eyebrow, but said it was “nothing big”.
Houston coach named the widow said he was surprised by the decision to throw out both players.
“It looked like they were throwing each other,” he said. “They both fell and anything, they got into a small wrestling game. I didn’t think it would be thrown out for it.”
Phoenix Suns Center Mason Plumlee and Houston Rockets Center Steven Adams on the Toyota Center floor on March 12, 2025. (Pictures of Troy Taormina-Hagn)
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Suns coach Mike Budenholzer seemingly agreed.
“Only two guys got tangled,” he said. “Both physical. Both candidates.”
Houston’s Jalen Green had 29 points to lead the rockets to the 111-104 victory over Phoenix, expanding the winning series of teams on four.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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