The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder have formed a new rivalry with one another not only because they are two young championship contenders in the Western Conference, but simply because they are two teams that don't like one another. When you put them on the same court on Opening Night in the NBA, you may get some fireworks, and that's what happened in the second quarter during an on-court altercation.
After De'Aaron Fox forcefully threw Chet Holmgren to the ground while trying to gain the upperhand defending the Thunder big man, the two team immediate came together when Jaylin Williams came the to the defense of his teammate, shoving Fox out of the way.
Things began to spiral out of control, as Wembanyama got involved by getting in a pushing match with Williams, which led to Jalen Williams and Kenrich Williams also getting involved.
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Upon review, the officials assessed a flagrant foul 1 to Fox for the unnecessary shove to the ground on Holmgren, and then four individual technical fouls were handed out to Wembanyama and each of the three Williams' on Oklahoma City.
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