{"id":734701,"date":"2026-06-13T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734701\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T20:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:51:12","slug":"tyrique-jones-punched-kendrick-nunn-after-both-were-ejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734701\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrique Jones punched Kendrick Nunn after both were ejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    2026-06-13T19:20:20+00:00<br \/>\n    2026-06-13T19:20:20+00:00<br \/>\n    2026-06-13T20:55:19+00:00.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"author__avatar hide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/javiermolero\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e862d9f479efd4f79fb425e8c2b684c3.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-46 photo\" height=\"46\" width=\"46\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author__name visually-hidden\" itemprop=\"name\">Javier Molero<\/p>\n<p>      13\/Jun\/26 19:20<\/p>\n<p>      Eurohoops.net<\/p>\n<p>          <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-header.png\"\/><br \/>\n          <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Javier Molero      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cc3a13bf-kendrick-nunn-tyrique-jones-olympiacos-panathinaikos-game-5-brawl.jpg\" class=\"featured-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Kendrick-Nunn-Tyrique-Jones-Olympiacos-Panathinaikos-Game-5-brawl\"   data-image-size=\"largepost\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"images.eurohoops.net\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2026\/06\/cc3a13bf-kendrick-nunn-tyrique-jones-olympiacos-panathinaikos-game-5-brawl.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The big man of Olympiacos is accused of attacking his opponent in the locker rooms after the on-court incident that got both of them ejected<\/p>\n<p>By Eurohoops Team\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/heba\/1980083\/tyrique-jones-grabs-kendrick-nunn-by-the-throat-both-end-up-ejected\/mailto:info@eurohoops.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It all started after Kendrick Nunn\u2019s fourth foul on Sasha Vezenkov and ended with a punch from Tyrique Jones to Nunn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/panathinaikos\/?lang=en\" title=\"Panathinaikos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Panathinaikos<\/a> forward went over to the 31-year-old Bulgarian power forward to protest \u201cflopping,\u201d and Tyrique Jones rushed to defend his teammate.<\/p>\n<p>Nunn and Jones came face to face and then head to head, with Tyrique Jones grabbing Nunn by the throat and pushing him away.<\/p>\n<p>As a result both players were ejected just before the end of the third period of the Greek League Finals Game 5, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/heba\/1980002\/olympiacos-claims-the-greek-title-to-complete-an-unforgettable-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ended with Olympiacos winning the championship title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Jones attacked Nunn in the locker rooms corridor as you can see in the f0llowing video.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TYRIQUE JONES VS KENDRICK NUNN FIGHT \ud83d\ude32<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XqJMFUBMbX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XqJMFUBMbX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eurohoops (@Eurohoopsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Eurohoopsnet\/status\/2065854546379784407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is this? They came to the locker room to hit him. What is this?\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/panathinaikos\/?lang=en\" title=\"Panathinaikos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Panathinaikos<\/a> coach Ergin Ataman said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Tyrique Jones is expected to be punished.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-13T19:20:20+00:00 2026-06-13T19:20:20+00:00 2026-06-13T20:55:19+00:00. 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