NBA - Heat fight: Miami's Caleb Martin suspended one game, Toronto's Christian Coloco fined $15,000

2022-10-24 15:24

NBA - Heat fight: Miami's Caleb Martin suspended one game, Toronto's Christian Coloco fined $15,000

Miami Heat forward Caleb Martin has been suspended for one game, the NBA announced Sunday night , while Toronto Raptors big man Christian Koloko was suspended for a dispute during a Saturday night game $ 15,000 fine . The league also announced that Heat forward Nikola Jovic has been suspended for one game after leaving the bench during an altercation.  

The brawl came in the third quarter of Miami's 112-109 home win over Toronto on Saturday when a loose-ball foul by Martin led to a skirmish that spilled into the stands.

Martin and Koloco got tangled while trying to rebound, and when Martin fell to the ground, Koloco appeared to reach for him. Martin didn't take it, as he then stood in front of Koloko in an intimidating manner.

When Koloko rose from the floor and wrapped his arms around Martin, the Heat forward made a direct steal and both players landed in the front rows of the stands. Multiple players from both teams followed the duo and it ended up being a pretty decent scene.

 

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Koloko also didn't know why this happened. "I'm as confused as you are," Koloko said, "I don't know...I don't even know him, so I don't know what's going on in his head.

 

" Jovic stood at the end of the Heat bench, not far from where Martin and Koloko tangled, but was still found to have violated NBA rules that all non-playing players must remain near the bench during games. .quarrel.

 

Security from both teams rushed to the scene to try and break the situation, and nearly every other player in the room at the time, at least two Heat assistants and Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, whose bench was on the other side of the courtroom.