NBA – Chris Fleming found himself at the center of the altercation, on the Jazz floor, with John Collins.
The Bulls can turn the page on this stormy end to the match on the Jazz floor. Ahead of the match against the Warriors, Billy Donovan himself announced that his assistant, Chris Fleming, will not be subject to disciplinary measures from the league after his contact with John Collins at the heart of the altercation .
The Bulls were in contact with the NBA office, and the team’s coach said there was no indication that Chris Fleming would be fined or suspended.
We recall that the tone rose after a foul by Collin Sexton on DeMar DeRozan, sending him to free throws a few seconds from the end of the match, which had made Torrey Craig stand up from his bench.
Hand games, naughty games…
At the start of the scrum created, John Collins and the Bulls assistant jostled each other. The second seems to want to push away the first, who will then gesture with his hand towards the throat of the technician. Billy Donovan qualified of ” unfortunate » the fact that things got physical, but he defended his assistant.
« I didn’t get all the camera angles on the situation, but I think Chris was trying to defuse the situation and it eventually escalated. That’s what’s unfortunate. But it’s a lesson for us, from a bench control standpoint and guys control standpoint. I don’t think Chris’ intentions were ever to be physical
», insisted the coach who recalled, at the end of the meeting, that the incident could have cost them the victory through the play of techniques.
For his part, John Collins declared that “ a coach had never touched me like that. It was a first. A coach touching me is unacceptable. »
2024-03-08 09:03:06
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