WATCH: AAU basketball game turns into massive brawl between players, officials

This isn’t something you want to see in AAU basketball.

According to Yahoo Sports, a game in Atlanta between R.A.W. Athletics and the Houston Raptors turned into an all-out brawl between one team and the officials.

Doug Jones released two videos on Twitter showing the fight, and the first video shows three players attacking an official who was lying on the ground.

Clip I received…team actually jumps the refs! Can’t make this up…see for yourself! @aau_bingo pic.twitter.com/UH9oSsiUFQ

— Doug Jones (@djones8301) July 8, 2018

Here is another clip I received! Unbelievable!!!! @aau_bingo pic.twitter.com/tNxcaBsYNE

— Doug Jones (@djones8301) July 8, 2018

As the videos went viral, R.A.W. head coach Howard Martin released a statement to ESPN explaining his side of the story:

“At the end of the game, one of my players was complaining about a call,” Martin told ESPN. “He made a comment to the referee. The ref didn’t like it. So the other team inbounded the ball, walked it up, the ref said to my player, ‘Say it again.’ Then he T’d him up and kicked him out of the game. And he walked behind him, still having words. Then the ref pushed my player, and they squared up right by my bench. When they squared up, another one of my players jumped off the bench and took [the ref] down. We separated them.

“I’m telling him, ‘Hey, hey, it’s all good.’ [And he says], ‘Who hit the ref?'” Martin said. “He’s running to the ref’s defense. He’s coming over to join in whatever’s going on. … He finally calms down some. Then the kid who was involved in taking the ref down comes over and says, ‘It’s me, trying to take responsibility for it.’ [And the ref] charged the kid. And it all went to hell.”

 

It’s unclear what sparked the brawl, but this is certainly not a good look for anyone involved.

SDS Staff

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