How you’d like to take a flying knee from 7’1″, 223 pound Thon Maker?

Oh, and you’re not even looking. Your back is turned.

That’s what happened during this donnybrook in a FIBA World Cup qualifier between the Philippines and Australia:

Here’s a slow-mo look that shows the first bit of contact that started the fight, a couple of cheap elbows in the paint, one where the Philippines player wasn’t even looking. I counted something like a half-dozen cheap shots.

Maker’s flying knee takes place about 42 seconds into this clip:


13 players were ejected, according to Smith. The game continued with only two players for the Philippines, before this happened:

Then there was this:

What the hell?

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