J.J. Barea started the altercation with a hard foul on Westbrook, who took exception.
Charlie Villanueva was ejected after he escalated a scuffle between J.J. Barea and Russell Westbrook in the second quarter of the Mavericks' game vs. the Thunder on Wednesday. Here's video of the incident.
Full tussle includes Charlie Villanueva grabbing Westbrook's throat, looked like Ibaka's too pic.twitter.com/amsVZqTuHU
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 14, 2016
The fracas went to the replay center, where double technicals were assessed Westbrook and Barea, a technical went on Ibaka and Charlie V got two, sending him to the locker room.