Basketball
Knicks vs Pacers: Brawls Take Over Game 5 as Donte DiVincenzo Joins Isaiah Hartenstein for 2nd Heated Altercation
The players from both sides literally seemed to have taken Game 5 as a battle. Amid the NY Knicks’ offensive flurry tonight, the Indiana Pacers got caught up in two heated altercations on the court. The only commonality between these two altercations was both Isaiah Hartenstein and Donte DiVincenzo were present.
It all began when the Pacers’ Isaiah Jackson set a strong screen near the perimeter and DiVincenzo took a hard fall slamming it in the first half. Hartenstein immediately stepped forward to have a few words with Jackson. Before the situation could out of hand, the chief ref Scott Foster along with other staff stepped into stop them.
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Similarly, in the third quarter, Donte DiVincenzo once again took a fall while the Pacers’ big man Myles Turner guarded him. This time, the altercation turned slightly physical, and once again, Isaiah Hartenstein stepped in for his teammate.
This is a developing story!