[Highlight] Jose Alvarado and Mark Willians start throwing punches at each other and being ejected from the game for fighting (with replays). The full incident - no cuts. Pelicans commentary.
You know what? Hell yeah
They’re already T’d up and fined. Stop holding them back and let them fight.
Hockey rules, I like it š¤£
Fight is moved to the center circle, ends if either player leaves the circle or is knocked out
Bot players ejected, but winner get the one and only technical shot. Game continues.
Adam please, itās all we ask
Winner stays and is required to shot the technical. Itās only fair.
As much as I like a good fight if you let the nba players do it people will copy them. See it already from the horrific attitudes high schoolers have
I canāt stand the fact that people ignore this part of the game. When pros donāt respect the game, their team, or the officials, it 100% gets passed on to the kids.
We always do that to sports people. Thatās the kind of pressure and scrutiny we need to put on our politicians. These are not role models. They are entertainers your/our kids should know the difference.
I get what you mean, but kids grow up wanting to be a point guard in the NBA, not the minister of agriculture or some shit
like high schoolers don’t fight regardless
For sure
Alvarado running to the locker room like he has a Gilbert Arenas stash in thereā¦
Nah he just realized he is gonna be late for his shift at the vape shop
šššwhat a random yet accurate insultn
I think he was planning to meet Mark Williams at the other end of the tunnel.
Is that why the guy was saying somebody needs to go with Jose? I didnāt understand that part.
yes
Yup police presence in the locker room
Hello police… Jose Alvarado trying to beat me up. Get down here and save me
Go with Jose go hold down Mark Williams while Jose gives him the two piece.
I think he was planning his classic Grand Theft Alvarado strategy. Run to the back, sneak around d behind Phoenix bench and Getāem when no one is looking.
“I got something for your big ass”
I thought he was gonna get the piece lol
He was gonna pull a Raymond…“I’m gonna go to my car, get my other gun… shoot everybody’s ass…”
went to go check his phone to cash in his bet
Alvarado got that Pomeranian in him.
Got that Yorkie in him
He’s a Chihuahua!
Short man syndrome
He’s 6ft you internet dweeb š
To be fair, he could very well have short man syndrome as a 6 footer in the NBA lol
Apparently heās not allowed to be in a fight lol
people who never been in a fight think fights should be determined by fighters coming to the center line and getting a height measurement lmao.
Lol If you ever do anything remember itās just a height syndrome
yeah, people think no matter how tall you are, you are supposed to just bow out of a fight if the opponent is taller. otherwise, it is a shorter man syndrome, instead of being something to indicate some actual bravery.
I dunno how this developed in society (I think this is a modern phenomenon) but it is true, people will say this lol. Maybe it is just people never being in a fight but hoping they can beat up anyone shorter if they wanted to. Which is obviously bonkers. I have seen huge dudes get absolutely embarrassed by smaller dudes in my time.
Still shorter than DopamineQuest
He is tbh lmao
So pretty short by NBA standards?
Height is relative
heās a 6ā puerto rican no less
Pomeranians are a small but hardy breed!
You say that like itās a bad thing
A fight where the punch is landed damnn
Is this the first landed punch since Barkley vs Shaq?
Not counting the draymond sucker punch (a practice) or the malice at the palace
Rondo and CP3
Iāll always love Rondo as a player but heās a bitch for spitting in CP3ās face, and after reviewing the footage he barely connected with that punch.
Jose has my vote for best NBA punch
Huh? Rondo landed one square on his nose and CP got an uppercut in. Arguably better hit percentage than this mess
Rudy tomjanovich getting punched by Kermi Washington in 1977 is and will always be the most devastating punch in nba history
Is that the ābestā though? Literally all parties were immediately sad about that happening, Kermit, Rudy, & the viewer. Rudy nearly lost his life, thatās not a fun punch at all.
I nominate Chris Childsā two piece on Kobe, itās at least the funniest.
Thatās such a crazy moment, Rudy really could have died.
Doug Christie on Rick Fox. Hit him with the Rockāem Sockāem uppercut lol
Oh damn he rocked him. Pre-season game fight is wild
Absolutely, but this was the first time those teams met after that series. Tempers started heating up as soon as the schedule was released, I’d imagine.
Don’t forget about Robin Lopez and Ibaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQu6-2UNpo
Not even close. There’s been MANY cases since then. Too many to list
cp3 and rondo
Rondo landed on CP3, can’t remember if CP3 landed back.
And to think they had a baby crawl race for the halftime showā¦
Exactly. Jose Alvaradoās baby girl lost to Mark Williams baby boy. This was generational hate.
You got video of that bro?Ā
It was so good too, I’d never be able to let that go if my kid was the the balding oldman baby on the top half of the screen… kid had a massive lead and collapsed like they were Doc River’s grandbaby or something.
The fuck is Jose doing
iām so confused by the comments being like āi respect him for trying to fight someone whoās 7ftā like why? he pushed a guy setting a normal screen, the guy barley taps his back as heās walking away, so Jose gets in his face (chest) with his fists clinched so the guy understandably tryās to maintain distance. Jose was an absolute prick during this whole scenario and i think itās pretty unfortunate Mark Williams got ejected for literally just defending himself
Yeah I agree Williams hardly did anything at all here. Alvarado completely crashed out over nothing. Williams wasnāt even fighting was just trying to get him off. Should be ejected for trying to get someone off you.
Williams had 10 pts and 8 rebounds in 10 mins tonight after eating them up last night too. Alvarado 100% did this shit to get Williams ejected knowing they would both be thrown out
Thatās why the league is going to make him pay with the incoming substantial suspension. Canāt let that tactic be effective.
I hope youāre right but I wouldnāt be surprised if the league comes out and says both players suspended one more game. You know the league doesnāt have a backbone
Agreed. Thereās nothing respectable about what Jose did here.
This is Alpha behavior to the nephews in this sub.
NBA run like a grade school. You can’t defend yourself without also getting suspended.
someone gotta exploit this by subbing in some bench players in the playoffs to get some suspensions and ejections on some stars defending themselves
I kind of get both sides of the argument. The NBA doesnāt want to tolerate any type of fighting violence at all, but these scenarios should be scrutinized more rather than being lazy and automatically ejecting both players involved
Itās lowkey a dangerous precedent. Some bench rider is liable to see this and try to do the same thing to a relevant player like LeBron or Luka to get them ejected. As a Warriors fanā¦ Draymond is 100% a target too.
No clue what the greater game context was, maybe Williams was fouling the shit out of him or something butā¦ yeeeh. Iād imagine there has to be a fairly heavy handed suspension coming.
What sucks if this was lebron instead of Williams, Lebron wouldnāt have been ejected
woah woah chill bruh, you don’t judge people using logic and reasons unless they are police or something
Getting suspended
Should be more than a suspension
Should be forced to transfer to the Wizards
What if he was already on the wizards
Then heās suffered enough already.
Heās on the pelicans dude. Heās already at the bottom
If the punch didnt land would he still be suspended?
Yes
This is like Ron Artest asking if he thought they were gonna get in trouble after Malice in the Palace
I really don’t get what ticked him off so much. Williams was literally just there screening, he pushes him, gets a very light push back (if you can even call it that) and then is suddenly getting into Williams’ face. The emotional fragility these players exhibit sometimes is just so baffling to me…
It sounds dumb but I honestly believe Alvarado started this knowing that they would be ejected. Williams ate them up last night and was two rebounds away from a double double in 10 mins tonight
There’s no way that this was calculated and Alvarado intentionally did something that will make him lose pay, in order to get Mark Williams out of the game.
He clearly just lost his cool.
Being annoying like every game
His best. He forgot his slingshot in the locker room though
Grab the jersey and right hook combo
Didnāt know Alvarado played hockey growing up
Bertuzzi would be proud
Best punch Iāve ever seen by an nba player.
You young pups donāt remember Chris Childs punching Kobe!
Also too young to have seen the Malice at the Palace. Jermaine OāNeals straight left was nasty. Ron Artest aka Metta Worldpeace threw some bombs in that incident too
Homeboy on the court is lucky AF that JO slipped on the court, or he was getting sent to the shadow realm!
100%. If that punch landed at full strength, his ancestors would have felt it.
didn’t he 1-2 Kobe?
Also, Melo had a nice cheap shot one time.
Sucker punches don’t count tbh, it’s a pretty good strategic in a street fight but on the court it’s a sucker move
Two piece combo meal.
Besides the guy who folded rudy t
Jermaine O’Neal has to be up there if we’re just going by punches thrown by an NBA player.
Thank fucking God that didn’t fully connect, we might’ve been looking at the first NBA player charged with manslaughter had he not slipped a second before planting to throw that haymaker. Stern would’ve banished the entire Pistons and Pacers organizations into dust.
Blatant sucker punches donāt really count.Ā
Yeah that doesn’t count
Kareem landed a pretty solid one here https://youtu.be/aN57mvDICXw?si=aVg_u-HAiQZKV3j3
Tf is up with Jose? What did Mark do? Also Jose gotta chill lol it took mark holding back alot to not just pick his ass up and choke slam him
Seems like Jose took offense to Mark pushing him after the whistle, which doesnāt happen if Jose doesnāt push Mark before the whistle lol
Pushes mark with two hands in the stomach and then starts complaining about the call. Jose isn’t that bright it seems.
Bruh he barely made contact lmao
Exactly. Jose is a bonehead.
He is just a bitch really. No reason whatsoever so start a fight. And even left like a bitch.
The announcers said they had something going on yesterday when they played. Sounds like something boiled over, not sure tho
Probably frustrated with all the moving screens. He did overreact though
Not a moving screen until contact is made. I only watched this clip though.
One thing I can say for sure (that people seem to overlook) is that this happened 34 minutes into a game. I get the feeling a lot of little stuff happened before this.
of game two of a back to back. Pelicans v Suns has been like this since Willie Green went over there and they played that ugly ass series against the Suns where they were fouling the absolute fuck out of Book all over the floor. Suns haven’t forgotten that and I anticipate as long as Book and Zion are on these two teams. This animosity will exist.
The coach running after him in the Tunnel is pure slapstick lmao
Not a coach, thatās team security. He needs to make sure Jose doesnāt try to get to the visitors locker room and end up suspended even longer.
Do the refs not want you to defend yourself? I dont get why both got in trouble.
It’s the idea (doesn’t work) that if you punish someone from both sides it de-escalates things because it is “equal”
New plan then, take your 2 way bench player and attack the Shai, Jokic, and Giannis of the opponents. Easy wins from there.
There’s a lot of stuff around this in hockey
Who in the league is gonna fight Jokic, you gotta fight him then his two brother after the game
If you fight Giannis. You gotta fight GIANNIS lol .
Then thanasis and honorary antebro Bobby Portis
You already know the league would pick and choose when to not eject both players. Those players and Lebron are probably on the short list of, ādonāt eject unless they obviously start itā
Basically grade school dean logic.
What was Mark Williams suppose to do? He’s being grabbed and hit.
As a Suns fan, love this intensity lol surprised they actually swung at each other but rivalries are good
Lowkey both squads hate each other dating back to the playoff seriesā¦ damn near every game has some altercation in it
The windmill definitely set the rivalry in stone
I feel that lol I think it all started from that Monty and Willie Green connection. Itās always great show out between us so hope it continues to build. Fears and Queen will develop greatly for yāall
Man if injuries didnāt kill the Pelicansā¦ a Sun/Pels rivalry wouldāve been must see tv over the past years. NBA needs a proper hated rivalry
Suns and mavs was great but the discourse about it was so fucking obnoxious I didnāt even pretend to recognize itĀ
Funny thing though… Booker’s the only one left from that team.
Where was he running to?
gonna go through the tunnels
“hello police? Jose Alvarado is trying to beat me up, somebody save me!”
Po-lice presence
Likely around to the Sunsā locker room
His ass running around and Williams is just standing out on the court talking to teammates lmao
Pure cinema š
Had to poo
Channeling his inner Paul Pierce, I see.
Williams shouldn’t have been ejected.
Itās actually so funny how even in fighting he tries to sneak up on you from behind through the tunnel
Those short motherfucker are always scrappyĀ
Small dog syndrome
Alvarado has got that annoying little dog energy, feel like that was pretty unnecessary
Lmao Jose being a bitch š Guy is so soft
What was Williams suppose to do???
Apparently just take it
I’ll give Alvarado credit for even trying to fight someone Mark Williams’ size
r/nba when Dillon Brooks bumps LeBron: fuck this guy he’s so dirty I don’t fuck with him
r/nba when Jose Alvarado throws a punch at someone’s head during a game: credit to Alvarado, I fuck with that
Yeeeeeeup
yeah this is really strange to me. I donāt even like the suns but jose clearly over reacts to mark shoving him (after he JUST shoved mark too lol) and the entire time mark is trying to just get jose off of him.
its because Alvarado doesnt have a rep. yet, anyway.
He does for suns fans
When you run up to someone and cause the whole fight you better have an idea what youāre trying to do
he definitely knew. Pawn sacrifices to get the 7-footer out the game.
Why? He is total fool.
Not his size but Jose sure did fight big. Guy doesnāt back down
WTF was Williams ejected? Shouldn’t have even been a foul from him.
Despite OP’s title, from what I can see he doesn’t throw any “punch”, and literally all he is doing is pushing Alvarado off him.
Officials need to stop treating the guy defending himself the same as the guy who started it and kept crossing the line.
Alvarado should get suspended 1 or 2 games, and Williams needs his tech rescinded by the league.
Thatās my New Yorker
He fits the stereotype, loud and annoying
At least we’re consistent š¤·š½āāļø
LETS GOOOO NBA PLAYERS SWINGING
*connecting
I believe thatās what they call a crash out.
Chihuahua barking
Solid contact
Where is he running to?
People do weird things when theyāve embarrassed themselves in public.
I think he probably wanted to meet him again in the tunnel.
little man syndrome on display
Games back
Alvarado a bitch for this.
Bad ejection for Mark. He was literally defending himself trying to get Alvarado off him
He hit the EJECT button like Draymond. Couldn’t win on the court. Worked by the Suns guards 2 nights in a row. Byeeeee loser. Had to take someone with him.
Damnn a lil scrap like to see it š¤£š¤£.
Suns Pels 7-games series NOW
RIGHT NOW!
No, we did that a few seasons ago and it took years off my life.
Pels gotta win more than 8 games if we want that.
Fan of neither but @ 1:29 Mark pulled a punch that couldāve slept Jose if he really wanted to.
Alvarado is sooooo softā¦.2 nights in a row of Suns guards just working him
Crazy Mark Williams got snuck first before Draymond and Dillion Brooks lol
Jose mad for getting called for the two hand shove on the screener?? Bro what
Not Jose running down the hallway like a mother who just found out āhe is not the fatherā lol
Alvarado is the newer, less talented patbev.
Jose got that scrappy pr nyc in him. You can tell he can fight. He kept the big guy close, saw the opening and threw the right hand.
Iāve had people I train not have that kind of instinct
Honestly Iām just surprised Dillon Brooks didnāt get a technical for this
What is this phenomenon in these comments with people thinking the one to actually initiate and connect on a taller person is somehow the scary one not wanting smoke?
I like Alvarado but he looks like a clown here, unless there was some previous context Iām missing
He fouls then starts a fight, end of story.
Probably upset he constantly gets shit on by the suns
He clocked him
I miss Naji on the team. He wouldāve joined in fs
Alvarado is such a scrub lol