Olympiacos center Tyrique Jones got into a fight with Panathinaikos star guard Kendrick Nunn in the arena tunnel during Game 5 of the Greek Basket League finals, following their earlier ejection for scuffling on the court.
To recap, the incident occurred with 3:17 remaining in the third quarter of Game 5. Following a physical play, Tyrique Jones and Kendrick Nunn became involved in a heated confrontation and verbal altercation. The situation quickly escalated, forcing the referees to intervene, while players from both teams rushed over in an attempt to restore order. At that moment, they managed to calm things down.
However, the real chaos erupted after the game.
The American center was unwilling to let the conflict with the Panathinaikos guard go and followed him through the arena tunnel until the confrontation turned physical. Reports indicated that several Panathinaikos players attempted to reach Jones following the incident, but Greek police intervened and successfully prevented any further escalation.
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Now, in an interview with Novasports for Olympiacos media day ahead of the new season, former Partizan and Anadolu Efes big man talked about his relationship with Nunn.
“You know, I don’t have anything bad towards him, and we just leave it at that. We’re men. We’re going to move past it. There’s nothing. Whatever happened in the past happened, and now we’re just moving forward”, Jones remarked.
After the incident both players were issude fines. Nunn, the star of Panathinaikos, has been fined €50,000 by Greece’s State Committee for Combating Violence. Meanwhile, Tyrique Jones has been handed an even steeper penalty and had to pay €100,000.
