A mid-March regular season game between the fourth-place Indiana Pacers and 12th-place Brooklyn Nets doesn't jump off the page as an obvious opportunity for a nasty shoving match, but that's exactly what happened during the fourth quarter in Indianapolis on Thursday night.
Nets forward Trendon Watford ran up on the Pacers' Andrew Nembhard after a bucket by Indiana's Bennedict Mathurin, drawing the ire of Myles Turner, who immediately shoved Watford. The scuffle quickly expanded, with numerous Nets and Pacers running onto the court and officials and coaches attempting to separate the combatants.
It was an ugly scene at Gainbridge Fieldhouse:
Trendon Watford just got into it with Andrew Nembhard and Myles Turner. Jordi Fernandez ran over to break it up and got shoved into the second row.
— Erik Slater (@erikslater_) March 21, 2025
Quite the scene. pic.twitter.com/slYorkYD7G
Watford was given two technical fouls for starting the scuffle and ejected from the game, while Turner and Nembhard received one technical each. The game would go to overtime, and Nembhard was assessed a second technical for arguing a call with referee Tony Brothers, earning him an ejection as well.
Indiana was too much for Brooklyn in the extra frame, pulling out a 105–99 overtime win.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Nets, Pacers Players Had to Be Separated in Nasty Scuffle Leading to Ejection.
