A wrestling match on the court during Wednesday’s game at night between the Houston rockets and Phoenix Suns resulted in two ejections and a bloody player.
Steven Adams de Houston and Phoenix Plumlee Mason Both were given a double technician and expelled at the end of the second quarter after the physical game under the network turned out that the players fought each other to the ground.
The Houston Rockets center, Steven Adams, leaves the court after being expelled during the Phoenix Suns game at the Toyota Center on March 12, 2025. (Troy taormina-imagn images)
“We just tied,” Plumlee said about the incident after the game. “He had been going to the boards and doing what he does, so he met him physically and, yes, everyone saw him.”
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With about three minutes in the middle, both NBA players They were pushing for a rebound when Adams and Plumlee closed their arms. The Joseling continued and Adams seemed to lift Plumlee from the court and to the ground.
The fight continued on the floor with both players separated by a mixture of coaches, teammates and officials.
“Look, everyone will see the clip that happened, but how is it going for each rebound and does so, whether dirty or not,” Plumlee added. “I felt they were being more physical than us, so I set out to hit him in the glass.”
Mason Plumlee de los Phoenix Suns and Steven Adams of the Houston Rockets are dedicated to a fight at the Toyota Center on March 12, 2025, in Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)
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Plumlee left the court with a bleeding cut above his eyebrow, but said “it was not important.”
Houston’s coach, Ime Umoka, said he was surprised by the decision to expel both players.
“It seemed that they threw each other,” he said. “Both fell and whatever, they put themselves in a small wrestling party. I did not think they were expelled for that.”
Phoenix Suns Center Mason Plumlee and Houston Rockets Center Steven Adams on the floor of the Toyota Center on March 12, 2025. (Troy taormina-imagn images)
The Suns coach Mike Budenholzer, apparently agreed.
“They are just two tangled types,” he said. “Both physicists. Both contestants.”
Jalen Green de Houston had 29 points to take the Rockets to a 111-104 victory over Phoenix, extending the winning streak of the team to four.
