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Basketball fight: Arizona WILDcat strikes in Russia

October 30, 2008

Ilya Kalyagin, our source from Russia, lives in Rostov. On Tuesday, Spartak St. Petersburg played Lokomotiv Rostov in the Russia Cup quarterfinal. Just to let you know who players are on these teams:

Spartak St. Petersburg:

  • head coach Yevgeny Pashutin, former assistant coach of Ettore Messina at CSKA Moscow
  • Zakhar Pashutin, Yevgeny’s brother and former CSKA player for Ettore Messina
  • Joseph Blair – US player who played for Armani Jeans Milano and attended University of Arizona

Lokomotiv Rostov

  • D.J. Collins, who will always be remembered as the “chicken and porn guy” with the funniest interviews
  • Fred House, US guard, who won the ULEB Cup with Lietuvos Rytas in 2005

Seems to be a pretty good matchup, right?

Well, the game was anything but good. It seems as if the Arizona Wildcats players in Europe have one serious issue: punching other players on the court in the face. About two weeks ago, it was Loren Woods who swung his fist, now – Joseph Blair – and let me tell you I would not want to be the one receiving a straight fist from a guy like this. The guy who got hit now looks like this.

Sixteen — 16! — players were removed from the court and play resumed. First it was a 4-on-4, before ultimately becoming a 3-on-3 match.

Here is video footage of the fistfight. It looks like the two Russian players were arguing when the guy in white was pushed. It seems like he wanted to get back at the assailant, but, well, Blair delivered first.

Ilya also has footage from the 4on4 4on4 as well as the 3on3. 3on3 It turns out that Blair and the Russian guard Visnevski will be disqualified for at least 5 games.

Oct 30, 2008ballineurope
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Comments: 2
  1. uhg80
    14 years ago

    What the heck is wrong with Blair?!!? He punched that guy in the face absolutely out of nowhere. The poor guy couldn’t even see it coming as he was looking in a completely different direction. This must be the worst cheap shot I’ve ever seen in basketball. Blair can be really happy if he’ll get suspended for just 5 games.

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  2. uhg80
    14 years ago

    Ok, the worst cheap shot since Sideshow Varejao decided to rearrange Zisis’ facial bones.

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