{"id":375948,"date":"2025-12-28T11:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/375948\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T11:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:42:12","slug":"nba-stars-jose-alvarado-and-mark-williams-tossed-out-of-pelicans-suns-game-after-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/375948\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA stars Jose Alvarado and Mark Williams tossed out of Pelicans-Suns game after brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"

A heated NBA<\/a> altercation between Pelicans<\/a> guard Jose Alvarado and Suns centre Mark Williams has seen both ejected from a game after fists flew.<\/p>\n

Williams set a screen on Alvarado in the third quarter of the match on Sunday AEDT, with the New Orleans player called for a foul after pushing off to create space.<\/p>\n

As he then moved towards the referee to complain about the foul call, the Phoenix big-man shoved him back, sparking the scuffle. <\/p>\n

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\"Jose<\/p>\n

Jose Alvarado punches Mark Williams.\u00a0Twitter<\/p>\n

Alvarado, who stands 33cm shorter than Williams at 183cm, got in his face and grabbed his jersey before the pair went at it.<\/p>\n

Fists flew in both directions, though the Pelicans guard clearly landed one on the face his rival and was the primary aggressor.<\/p>\n

Teammates quickly moved in to separate the pair before it could escalate any further.<\/p>\n

“Come on guys … didn’t need it,” the New Orleans broadcaster said in the aftermath.<\/p>\n

Former NBA star Eddie Johnson posted his disappointment to social media, saying Williams had every right to defend himself in the situation.<\/p>\n

“This is straight up a joke and cop out by officials. What was Mark Williams to do with a player swinging at him?” he posted.<\/p>\n

“He held back because he did not want to get kicked out. We all know he could have hurt Jose Alvarado.” <\/p>\n

Before the referees could even formally eject Alvarado from the game, he sprinted off the court and down the tunnel towards the players’ race. A team official could be seen running after him. <\/p>\n

A frustrated Williams remained on the court before being ejected and sent to the locker room himself. <\/p>\n

\"Teammates<\/p>\n

Teammates separate both players.\u00a0Twitter<\/p>\n

The NBA will likely take further disciplinary measures in the coming days, with short suspensions and fines both possible.<\/p>\n

The Suns ended up winning the game 123-114. Their second win over the Pelicans in as many days.<\/p>\n

Star guard Devin Booker top scored for Phoenix with 20, while Dillon Brooks scored 18.<\/p>\n

Williams had 10 points and eight rebounds before the ejection.<\/p>\n

Trey Murphy finished with 24 points for New Orleans, while star forward Zion Williamson scored 22 himself in the loss.<\/p>\n

Alvarado, known for his defence, had seven points and two steals before being tossed out of the contest.<\/p>\n

The win moves the Suns to 18-13 on the season, sitting seventh in the Western Conference, while New Orleans languishes in last place, with a record of 8-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A heated NBA altercation between Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado and Suns centre Mark Williams has seen both ejected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-375948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}