Sacramento Kings center Chimezie Metu has been suspended one game in the Las Vegas Summer League after punching Dallas Mavericks rookie Eugene Omoruyi in the head, the NBA announced on Monday.
The situation unfolded in the closing minutes of the contest on Sunday when Metu went up for a layup attempt. He was given a hard foul by Omoruyi and went crashing onto the court. Metu immediately jumped up and launched toward Omoruyi, punching him in the side of the head.
Metu was eventually assessed a technical foul and ejected from the game while Omoruyi was given a flagrant-two foul and ejected. Metu will serve his one-game suspension in the Kings’ summer league finale against the Boston Celtics on Tuesday.
Mavs forward Eugene Omoruyi (flagrant 2) and Kings forward Chimezie Metu (punching foul) were both ejected after this play: pic.twitter.com/WGXSh8FUnP
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) August 15, 2021
The NBA often takes a hard stance against violence of any kind during a game and that certainly still applies to summer league. Metu took exception with the foul by Omoruyi but should not have launched at him and punched him.
Metu finished with seven points and seven rebounds in the 86-70 win while Omoruyi had seven points and five rebounds.
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