{"id":607725,"date":"2026-02-22T08:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/607725\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T08:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:29:13","slug":"scotty-pippen-jr-and-myron-gardner-erupt-into-massive-nba-brawl-during-grizzlies-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/607725\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotty Pippen Jr. and Myron Gardner erupt into massive NBA brawl during Grizzlies-Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tempers flared late in Miami as Scotty Pippen Jr. and Myron Gardner were ejected following a heated fourth-quarter altercation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scotty Pippen Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies and Myron Gardner of the Miami Heat were thrown out with 1:55 remaining after a physical clash near the three-point line at Kaseya Center.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation occurred with the Heat holding a comfortable lead and quickly became the defining moment of the game.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo by Tomas Diniz Santos\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/64a96216ef718d9d11fbc04475fd5a19.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Tomas Diniz Santos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Late hit sparks confrontation in fourth quarter<\/p>\n<p>The sequence began after Scotty Pippen Jr. converted a three-pointer and was then hit in the back by Gardner, with no foul assessed on the play.<\/p>\n<p>Pippen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/2025417079885574470?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fell<\/a> to the floor, voiced his frustration toward officials, and then advanced toward Gardner as tensions rose.<\/p>\n<p>The two players collided near the corner and had to be separated by teammates and staff as the scuffle carried toward the courtside seats. After the game, Pippen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/5ReasonsSports\/status\/2025421231306965335\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:dismissed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">dismissed<\/a> the seriousness of the altercation.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was kind of a cheap shot. He kind of hit me from where I didn\u2019t see him, so I thought it was a soft move. I just thought maybe he needed a hug on the other end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both players were ejected in the aftermath, ending their participation in the closing stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Heat close out win as league reviews incident<\/p>\n<p>Miami went on to complete a 136-120 victory at Kaseya Center despite the disruption in the final minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat were leading 134-113 when the altercation took place, leaving the result effectively decided.<\/p>\n<p>Pippen concluded the night with 18 points and six assists in 21 minutes off the bench, while Gardner recorded five points and three rebounds prior to his ejection.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The defeat marked Memphis\u2019 11th loss in 14 games, with the team again without Ja Morant because of an elbow injury.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA is expected to examine the incident, and disciplinary action could follow after review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tempers flared late in Miami as Scotty Pippen Jr. and Myron Gardner were ejected following a heated fourth-quarter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":607726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[58553,3576,185764,3135,380,3120,261244,1260,195285,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-607725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-altercation","tag-ja-morant","tag-kaseya-center","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-myron-gardner","tag-nba","tag-scotty-pippen-jr","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116113346818850143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}