Russian basketball player Demin received a technical foul for pushing in an NBA match

Brooklyn Nets Russian defenseman Egor Demin received a technical foul on January 28 for pushing, which led to a brawl in the National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season match.

At the end of the fourth quarter of the match with Phoenix, Demin pushed away an opposing player, Dillon Brooks, who was trying to snatch the ball from a fallen partner, Terence Mann. After that, a massive brawl began on the site, in which Demin himself did not take any further part.

In the same game, the 19-year-old Russian scored 15 points with a three-point shot, and repeated the NBA rookie record by scoring at least one three-pointer in 33 consecutive games. Demin spent 31 minutes on the floor, made five rebounds and three assists. Brooklyn lost to Phoenix with a score of 102:106, adds Sport-Express.

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He has already scored 20+ points and helped Brooklyn get on the winning path.

Brooklyn was defeated by the New Orleans Pelicans 113-116 in an NBA match on January 15. Brooklyn's Russian defender Egor Demin scored 17 points and made five assists in 29 minutes of the game.

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