Brawl Breaks Out at Game in China
BEIJING — A basketball game between China and visiting Puerto Rico deteriorated into a mass brawl that some state media termed the most shameful night of Chinese basketball.
Fighting erupted at Beijing Capital Gymnasium on Friday night after two Chinese players charged off the bench to fight Puerto Rico players late in a game China was leading.
In the stands, 3,000 fans hurled debris, the China Daily reported. Officials abandoned the game as the visitors fled to the locker room.
Chinese players Li Nan and Mo Ke had reacted after seeing teammate Yi Jianlian fouled hard by Puerto Rico’s Manuel Narvaez, the newspaper said.
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