Watch: Players, refs brawl during AAU basketball game
Tempers flared during an AAU game between Chicago's R.A.W. Athletics and the Houston Raptors on Sunday, leading to a massive brawl between players and referees.
Doug Jones of RCS Sports tweeted out videos of the incident, which shows at least three players attacking an official as he was laying on the court.
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
The incident occurred late in the fourth quarter with R.A.W. trailing, according to Yahoo Sports' Ryan Young.
R.A.W. head coach Howard Martin came to his players' defense on Twitter afterward, saying it was one of the referees who initiated the fight.
A ref actually walked up on one of our players and attacked him. Everyone tried to break it all up, then the ref’s father (who was working a game on a different court) ran over to our court and rushed our guys..everyone in the gym, the other team and the directors saw everything
— Coach Martin (@rawathletics0) July 8, 2018