# Insane Brawl in Australia-Philippines FIBA game

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-brawl-in-australia-philippines-fiba-game/817200 "2018-07-02T22:50:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-brawl-in-australia-philippines-fiba-game/817200/1 "2018-07-02T22:50:09Z")

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13 ejections and the game ended a 5 on 1. Never seen anything like it:

[http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=23973749](http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=23973749)

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**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-brawl-in-australia-philippines-fiba-game/817200/2 "2018-07-03T12:18:04Z")

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It almost looked like the Philippines had premeditated this brawl. 40 minutes of frustration and a lot of nationalism will do that I reckon.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-brawl-in-australia-philippines-fiba-game/817200/3 "2018-07-03T12:21:58Z")

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I’m in Australia visiting family right now, and this is all over the news. Crazy stuff.

In unrelated news, Philippine Presdient Rodrigo Duterte is going to award medals to all members of the national basketball team. 🙂