Big Bear said:
If you watch closely, Anigwe had an overhand right to Griner's head before Griner went after her.
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I don't know why Griner is so bent on fighting her. I mean she is not involved in a relationship with her or anything.
If you watch even more closely, Griner was forearming and elbowing her around the neck/.head region well before she had had enough. Both instigated it IMO.Big Bear said:
If you watch closely, Anigwe had an overhand right to Griner's head before Griner went after her.
It was a poor attempt at a Brittney Griner - Glory Johnson domestic violence joke. Because domestic violence is hilarious, and all.slimecap said:????????????willtalk said:
I don't know why Griner is so bent on fighting her. I mean she is not involved in a relationship with her or anything.
What does a relationship have to do with the incident?
I think Griner will honor her contract this season but that this will be the last we see of Griner in the WNBA. She really only faces one player that serves as any sort of competition in international play (Cambage), so I don't see the WNBA as a proving ground.WacoKelly83 said:
Mercury's Griner among 5 suspended for fight https://es.pn/33xhzgM
The WNBA has handed down suspensions to five players for their roles in a fight during Saturday's Dallas-Phoenix game, with Mercury center Brittney Griner receiving the longest ban at three games.
Along with Griner, Wings forwards Kristine Anigwe and Kayla Thornton were each suspended two games. Phoenix guard Diana Taurasi and Dallas forward Kaela Davis each received one-game bans and a $500 fine for leaving the bench area, and Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner was fined $500 for escalating the incident.
Anigwe did not come off the bench. She was the one who initiated the fight by grabbing Griner's arm and punching her in the head, then running like a chicken. Then Thornton punched at Griner while she was being restrained, which resulted in a punch to her head.SSadler said:
Doesn't justify the punches, but Griner was being "hooked" at the elbow by defender Anigwe (?).
Griner got "hooked" one time too many time (and shoved) and lost it, absolutely lost it and started swinging.
Griner was ejected for the punches. 5 other players were ejected for coming off the benches for the scrum at midcourt.
Had the stripe not grabbed Griner in almost a "tackle" Griner would have taken it to the other bench.
This is world class athletes going head to head, not a Barbie social. Things get heated.historian said:
It's too bad so many adults have to act like little children before such a large audience. What an embarrassing spectacle!
Apparently not.historian said:
And yet they are still capable of acting like adults instead of children.