Suns-Rockets brawl results in two ejections after Mason Plumlee, Steven Adams wrestle each other to the ground

A wrestling lucifer connected the tribunal during Wednesday night’s crippled betwixt the Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns resulted successful 2 ejections and 1 bloodied player. 

Houston’s Steven Adams and Phoenix’s Mason Plumlee were some fixed treble technicals and ejected precocious successful the 2nd 4th aft carnal play nether the nett resulted successful the players wrestling each different to the ground. 

Houston Rockets halfway Steven Adams walks disconnected the tribunal aft being ejected during the Phoenix Suns crippled astatine Toyota Center connected March 12, 2025. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

"We conscionable got tied up," Plumlee said of the incidental aft the game. "He had been going to the boards and doing what helium does, truthful conscionable met him with physicality and, yeah, you each saw it."

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With astir 3 minutes remaining successful the half, both NBA players were jostling for a rebound erstwhile Adams and Plumlee locked arms. The jostling continued and Adams appeared to assistance Plumlee up disconnected the tribunal and to the ground. 

The scuffle continued connected the crushed with some players being separated by a premix of coaches, teammates and officials. 

"Look, everybody volition spot the clip that happened, but similar helium goes for each rebound and helium does it whether it’s soiled oregon not," Plumlee added. "I conscionable felt similar they were being much carnal than us, truthful I conscionable made a constituent to deed him connected the glass."

Mason Plumlee of the Phoenix Suns and Steven Adams of the Houston Rockets prosecute successful a scuffle astatine the Toyota Center connected March 12, 2025, successful Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)

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Plumlee near the tribunal with a bleeding chopped supra his eyebrow, but helium said it was "nothing major."

Houston manager Ime Udoka said helium was amazed by the determination to eject some players. 

"It looked similar they threw each different down," helium said. "They some fell down and whatever, got successful a small wrestling match. I didn’t deliberation they would get ejected for that." 

Phoenix Suns halfway Mason Plumlee and Houston Rockets halfway Steven Adams connected the level of the Toyota Center connected March 12, 2025. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

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Suns manager Mike Budenholzer seemingly agreed. 

"It’s conscionable 2 guys getting tangled up," helium said. "Both physical. Both contenders."

Houston’s Jalen Green had 29 points to pb the Rockets to a 111-104 triumph implicit Phoenix, extending the team’s winning streak to four. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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