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Tyronn Lue says he stopped a Kevin Garnett and Carmelo Anthony fight

Before taking over as coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tyronn Lue was best known for being stepped over by Allen Iverson. But the two-time NBA champ may have stopped a fight between two future Hall of Fame players.

Lue spent 11 years in the NBA as a player before joining the Boston Celtics as an assistant coach in 2009. He recently recalled a story from his days as a Boston assistant when he says he stopped a fight between Kevin Garnett and Carmelo Anthony after a heated Knicks-Celtics game in 2013.

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"It's just something that escalated on the court and it became a big ordeal on the floor.