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7 Mar 2024


NextImg:Tense Jazz-Bulls game turns into pure chaos with late-game scuffle

The score was tight at Delta Center on Wednesday night — and then tensions ran high.

With the Bulls leading the Jazz by one point and just over nine seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter, the teams got into a heated scuffle, with Utah’s John Collins and Chicago assistant coach Chris Fleming in the middle of things.

Things started innocuous enough as the Bulls inbounded the ball to DeMar DeRozan, who was then immediately fouled along the sideline by Collin Sexton.

But that’s when the proceedings started to get chippy, as the Bulls’ Torrey Craig — who was not playing in the game — seemingly took exception to the way the Sexton hit DeRozan in the face as he went for the intentional foul.

Fleming then stepped as the two teams converged near the Bulls’ bench and appeared to try to keep Collins from coming closer.

But then Collins shoved Fleming up high, and both teams started going at each other before they were both separated.

After all was said and done, Collins and Craig were both issued technical fouls, and the Bulls wound up pulling away with a 119-117 win.

“Chris Fleming I think was trying to hold everybody off to kind of separate,” Bulls head coach Billy Donovan said after the clash. “And then from there, it just kind of escalated. … At that point, I stepped in, to kind of break it up a little bit.

Utah Jazz forward John Collins (20) is called for a technical foul in the game against the Chicago Bulls during the fourth quarter at Delta Center.
Jazz forward John Collins (20) is called for a technical foul in the fourth quarter of their 119-117 loss to the Bulls Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports
Utah Jazz forward John Collins (20) reacts to a foul call against the Chicago Bulls.
Jazz forward John Collins (20) reacts to a foul call against the Bulls. Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports

“We’ve got to be better in those moments, in my opinion.”

DeRozan finished with a game-high 29 points, seven assists and six rebounds.