{"id":418412,"date":"2023-02-22T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=418412"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:25:47","slug":"dwight-howard-among-12-people-ejected-after-on-court-brawl-during-taiwans-basketball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dwight-howard-among-12-people-ejected-after-on-court-brawl-during-taiwans-basketball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard Among 12 People Ejected After On Court Brawl During Taiwan&#8217;s Basketball League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA big man Dwight Howard was one of 12 players ejected in a T1 league game between his Taoyuan Leopards and the TaiwanBeer HeroBears in Taiwan on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2>Dwight Howard Among 12 People Ejected After On-Court Brawl During Taiwan&#8217;s Basketball League<\/h2>\n<p>A full-fledged altercation broke out on the floor with less than a minute remaining in the game when HeroBears captain and point guard Chiang Yu-an was elbowed in the face by Leopards guard Chen Hsiao-jung.<\/p>\n<p>Although players from both teams and referees attempted to separate the two, the guards became intertwined and started punching one other.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Massive brawl in Taiwan \ud83d\ude33 Coach started throwing hands <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qMK7QboFOy\">pic.twitter.com\/qMK7QboFOy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1628226155403681793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4815600\">Taiwannews.com<\/a> reports that HeroBears assistant coach Lin Chieh-ho briefly went onto the floor and charged at Hsiao-jung. Hsiao-jung swung back before the officials could step in because the coach was unable to make contact with him.<\/p>\n<p>In the video of the altercation, Howard can be seen standing on the sidelines and appearing to mediate the peace. Prior to being ejected from the game, the eight-time NBA All-Star was spotted chatting to someone while holding out his arms.<\/p>\n<p>Players and staff from both teams intervened to defuse the altercation as it spread over the floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwight getting chippy in Taiwan \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>(via biber168\/IG) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jMIABappkh\">pic.twitter.com\/jMIABappkh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1605268157291147264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the game was postponed for more than 20 minutes as the officials assessed penalties and watched replays. In the end, 12 players\u20145 HeroBears and 7 Leopards\u2014were thrown.<\/p>\n<p>Howard allegedly protested that he was unjustly expelled from the game and claimed that he had been attempting to break up the fight. He and a few of his colleagues were spotted giving supporters high fives as they left the court.<\/p>\n<p>Before being sent off, Howard had 28 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ultimately, the Leopards overcame the HeroBears 120\u2013108.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwight Howard gets ejected after a fight broke out in the T1 League in Taiwan.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DwightHoward?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DwightHoward<\/a> got tossed for leaving the team bench. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXTn2zI2D6\">pic.twitter.com\/rXTn2zI2D6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PBA insider \ud83c\udfc0 (@PBAinsider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PBAinsider\/status\/1628222328227364864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Howard signed with the Leopards in November, following 18 NBA seasons. He last played for the Lakers in the 2021-22 season, and won a championship alongside LeBron James in the 2020 NBA bubble season.<\/p>\n<p>The T1 League was founded in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YawiN2JDt3Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\">NFL\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb\/\">MLB\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA big man Dwight Howard was one of 12 players ejected in a T1 league game between his Taoyuan Leopards and the TaiwanBeer HeroBears in Taiwan on Sunday. Dwight Howard Among 12 People Ejected After On-Court Brawl During Taiwan&#8217;s Basketball League A full-fledged altercation broke out on the floor with less than a minute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":418413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1903,5297,5299,5298],"class_list":["post-418412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dwight-howard","tag-dwight-howard-ejected","tag-dwight-howard-taiwans-basketball-league","tag-taiwan-basketball-league"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}