Smoothie King Center descended into chaos on Friday night.

Early in the fourth quarter in New Orleans, the Heat and Pelicans got into a full-on brawl — with Naji Marshall and Jimmy Butler seemingly at the center of the quarrel — in what became a brutal scene.

Things started with a little over 11 minutes left in the quarter when Pelicans star Zion Williamson went up and missed a shot, which he thought he was fouled on.

After Butler rebounded the ball, though, Williamson stole the ball back in the paint, going up for a shot near the net before he was fouled hard by Kevin Love.

That’s when Marshall came in and appeared to give Love a bit of a shove, which set off Butler, who in turn pushed Marhsall.

The Pelicans’ small forward took exception to this and grabbed Butler’s neck, and that’s when things really got out of hand in a moving scrum, with multiple players and coaches from both teams ending up at center court and trying to quell what was already more than a testy scene.

After the teams came close together at least twice in tense moments, they were eventually separated and went back to their benches.

Marshall and Butler were both ejected from the game as well as the Pelicans’ Jose Alvarado and the Heat’s Thomas Bryant.

The Bally Sports New Orleans feed also caught things getting chippy in the stands, as a fan in a Dwyane Wade Heat jersey appeared to be escorted out of the venue.