The Suns and Pelicans met for a second straight evening on Saturday, and after a decent Phoenix win on Friday, tensions have been excessive for the rematch. 

These boiled over within the late third quarter when Mark Williams and Jose Alvarado received twisted up following a display screen that Alvarado received whistled for a foul after pushing Williams. Williams mentioned one thing to Alvarado who grabbed the Suns’ large man and the 2 began going at it, with Alvarado throwing punches and connecting with a proper hook. 

Alvarado and Williams have been each ejected for his or her roles within the scrap, which was a much more official combat than most tussles we see occur on an NBA court docket. The most effective a part of all of it was Jordan Poole’s face within the background when Alvarado landed the punch (0:35 mark of the above video). 

Alvarado was nonetheless scorching after getting pulled away and sprinted to the again, seemingly able to proceed issues within the hallway by the locker rooms. He’ll seemingly be dealing with pretty stiff punishment from the NBA because the one to escalate issues and connecting on a punch. 

Williams was much less aggressive in his position within the brouhaha and can await the NBA’s resolution on whether or not he’ll get additional self-discipline than the ejection. 

The Suns went on to win, 123-114, after the combat to notch back-to-back wins in New Orleans and enhance to 18-13 on the season, as they battle for a playoff spot within the West.