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Video: Violent Brawl Erupts Between Players on AAU Basketball Team and Refs

Joseph ZuckerJul 8, 2018

A Georgia tournament basketball game in Emerson, Georgia, was the sight of a brawl this weekend.

During a game between the Houston Raptors and Chicago-based R.A.W. Athletics, a fight broke out between R.A.W. Athletics players and referees, per Ryan Young of Yahoo Sports (h/t For The Win's Steven Ruiz).

This was a Gatorade Association Presents the Finals game and wasn't sanctioned by AAU.

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Doug Jones of RCS Sports shared clips of the incident, which offer little context behind what sparked the scuffle (warning: NSFW images and language):

R.A.W. Athletics head coach Howard Martin came to the defense of his team in a now-deleted tweet:

"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"

LakePoint Sports hosted the game and issued a statement on Twitter, saying it's "disappointed" by the brawl and is "taking the appropriate action" with law enforcement.