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Steven Adams Takes Mason Plumlee to Ground, Both Players Ejected From Rockets-Suns

A scuffle between the two big men leads to a pair of ejections

Liam McKeone

Mason Plumlee and Steven Adams got into a old-fashioned scuffle on Wednesday night
Mason Plumlee and Steven Adams got into a old-fashioned scuffle on Wednesday night / Bleacher Report on
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The Houston Rockets hosted the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night, and things got interesting late in the second quarter.

With the Rockets up by one and a few minutes to go before the halftime break, Jalen Green drained a three to extend his team's lead.

As he walked back down the court, Houston center Steven Adams and Phoenix center Mason Plumlee got tangled up. Neither man was willing to back down from the interaction, and after a few moments Adams locked his arms around Plumlee and the momentum of the two centers brought them both crashing to the ground.

It was quite the dramatic sequence, and led to the ejection of both players.

The Rockets entered the break beating the Suns 57-52.

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LIAM MCKEONE

Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.

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