{"id":556239,"date":"2026-03-22T03:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556239\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T03:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:57:26","slug":"four-ejected-after-thunder-wizards-altercation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556239\/","title":{"rendered":"Four ejected after Thunder-Wizards altercation"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma City<\/a>‘s Jaylin Williams<\/a> and Washington<\/a>‘s Justin Champagnie<\/a> were ejected following an altercation late in the first half of Saturday night’s 132-111 Thunder win.<\/p>\n

Following a basket by Washington’s Anthony Gill<\/a>, Williams and Champagnie began shoving each other under the basket. Gill and Oklahoma City’s Ajay Mitchell<\/a> became involved and the altercation quickly escalated and spilled into the seating area behind the basket before order was restored.<\/p>\n

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After a lengthy review by the officials, Champagnie and Williams each received two technical fouls and were ejected. Mitchell and Cason Wallace<\/a> of the Thunder each received one technical foul and were also ejected.<\/p>\n

“I disagreed with their judgment after talking to them and watching it at halftime,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said after the game. “But I’ve worked with [crew chief] John Goble a long time, and he worked through it with me and we had to agree to disagree and we both moved on.”<\/p>\n

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