RAIN or Shine import Jaylen Johnson and TNT forward Glenn Khobuntin were ejected in the fourth quarter of their PBA 50th Season Commissioner's Cup match at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
Punches were exchanged between Johnson and Khobuntin as they justled for the rebound with 6:20 left in the fourth. Players, referees, and PBA staff stepped in to separate the two players.
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The Elasto Painters survived the absence of Johnson to beat the Tropang 5G, 112-109.
Johnson was having himself a game before the ejection as he already had 33 points on 6-13 shooting from downtown, to go along nine rebounds, three assists and three steals before his night was cut short.
The two wrestled onto the floor when Johnson looked to seal Khobuntin down low, but the referees deemed to let the contact go. The two remained entangled when they got up, before Khobuntin swung and Johnson retaliated with punches of his own and all hell broke lose.
Players on the court and officials were able to pacify the situation but not before Johnson landed another blow when he was being pulled to the Smart-Araneta Coliseum tunnel and Khobuntin tried to break free from those holding him down.
Khobuntin finished with five points and four rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench.
Rough night for imports
Minutes after Johnson got into a fist fight, it was TNT import Bol Bol's turn to get roughed up, albeit inadvertedly.
In the 1:54 mark of the fourth quarter, immediately after Bol made a basket, the 7'3 import got hit in the face with an elbow by Luis Villegas when the returning big man tried to get the ball off the net.
Bol was cut below his left eye and had to be taken out to get treatment. No foul was called as refs deemed it incidental.
Bol returned in the 38 second mark of the game, but missed what would've been the game tying basket in TNT's final possession.
He finished with 38 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.
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