Goga Bitadze, Pacers assistant Foster exchange words

2021-05-06T13:08:01+00:00 2021-05-06T13:12:43+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

06/May/21 13:08

Eurohoops.net

This could’ve gone really bad.

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

With three minutes to play in the third quarter of their team’s loss to the Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers center Goga Bitadze and assistant coach Greg Foster got into a heated exchange of words that could’ve gotten ugly.

Bitadze scored a 3-pointer following a poor defensive reaction and then turned to the Pacers‘ bench, appearing to be saying “Sit the f–k down” to Foster. This made Foster quite furious and began shouting at Bitadze and trying to approach the Georgian big man with several Pacers players and personnel holding him back.

“I’ve talked to both of them about it, absolutely, and I’m going to talk to them more about it right after this,” Pacers head coach Nate Bjorkgren said after the game. “I’m going to find out exactly what was said and in what way, and go from there … Again, they’re both trying so hard. They’re both competitive. They both want what’s best for the team. It just didn’t happen that way. With the frustration part of it, it boiled over there a little bit.”

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski had reported that Bjorkgren has been in the hot seat due to issues in his relationship with players and coaches.

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