Bulls center Robin Lopez suspended one game for fight with Serge Ibaka

As a result of the incident, both players were ejected from the game. He is now 0-6 in National Basketball Association games against his brother, half of those losses coming as Golden State swept the season series.

Talked to a few players and management types about this and all agreed Ibaka would be suspended, but Lopez would likely get more. Hefty fines and lengthy suspensions are what’s in store for any player that decides to cross that line.

As has often been the case this year, DeRozan played the hero.

Ibaka believes that frustration was the cause for Lopez’s action.

Lopez was asked about the fight after the game, and he seemed to place the blame for it squarely on Ibaka.

DeRozan shot 17 of 38 from the floor and had eight assists in the Raptors 122-120 win at home.

“I just hope the league does a better job to watch because if it was me, we would not get to that point of punching”.

At the 3:58 mark of the third frame after a Jimmy Butler three-pointer, Lopez and Ibaka were tangled up while Ibaka went to pick up the ball to inbound.

After all, when you throw a punch in a game you are bound to pay. He said that he was only defending himself in light of Lopez making the first move. Ibaka responded in kind.

Ibaka had 16 points before being ejected for exchanging punches with Lopez with about four minutes left in the third quarter – the pivotal moment, according to the Raptors.

“It just shows you how much is at stake”, he said. As it stands, the National Basketball Association has made a decision on what kind of punishment that Robin Lopez and Serge Ibaka will serve for fighting on the court.

Though, the game itself morphed from a battle for playoff positioning to one with fisticuffs. I had to defend myself so that’s what happened. He said that he reacted to Ibaka’s initial elbow and that Ibaka escalated the situation by going after him in the scrum.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points for the Spurs, who remained 2 1/2 games behind Golden State for the top seed in the Western Conference. “They got into us, they turned us over, just a couple of mindless ones that got them easy baskets, got them back into the game got their confidence (up) and got them momentum”.