{"id":481142,"date":"2026-01-28T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=481142"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:52:32","slug":"rookie-standing-tall-egor-demin-sparks-skirmish-with-dillon-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/rookie-standing-tall-egor-demin-sparks-skirmish-with-dillon-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookie Standing Tall: Egor Demin Sparks Skirmish with Dillon Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">NBA rookies usually take time to find their voice, but <b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"55\">Egor Demin<\/b> decided to let his actions speak for him on Tuesday night. During the closing moments of the Brooklyn Nets&#8217; 106-102 loss to the Phoenix Suns, the rookie standout had seen enough of <b data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"247\">Dillon Brooks\u2019<\/b> antics, sparking a late-game scuffle that resulted in five technical fouls and an unfortunate injury.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">With 1:14 remaining and the Suns leading by two, Brooks and <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"60\">Ziaire Williams<\/b> got tangled up wrestling for a loose ball. Even after the whistle blew for a jump ball, Brooks refused to let go, leading Demin to forcefully shove the veteran away from his teammate. The situation escalated quickly: <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"293\">Royce O\u2019Neale<\/b> and <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"311\">Grayson Allen<\/b> jumped in to defend Brooks, while <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"359\">Michael Porter Jr.<\/b> and <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"382\">Terance Mann<\/b> joined the fray for Brooklyn as coaching staffs rushed the floor to restore order.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">The officials handed out <b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"25\">five technical fouls<\/b>: Demin, Mann, and Porter Jr. (who shoved Suns assistant DeMarre Carroll during the mess) for the Nets; O\u2019Neale and Allen for the Suns. Adding injury to insult, Ziaire Williams was sidelined after being accidentally struck by a member of the Suns&#8217; bench who was running in to break up the fight.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\"><i data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">&#8220;I just had to get him off Ziaire,&#8221;<\/i> Demin said afterwards. <i data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"59\">&#8220;It was a dead ball, the whistle had already blown. I didn&#8217;t mean to hurt anyone or start a fight. I stepped away immediately because I&#8217;m not looking for trouble, but I have to make sure my teammates are protected. We have to fight for each other.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">It was a busy night for Brooks, who had already been assessed a <b data-path-to-node=\"16\" data-index-in-node=\"64\">Flagrant 1<\/b> for a hit on Nic Claxton in the first quarter and a technical for a separate shove on Demin in the second. While the Nets didn&#8217;t get the win, Demin sent a clear message: the rookie isn&#8217;t backing down from anyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SUNS VS. NETS GET INTO IT \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Assistant coaches were everywhere. \ud83d\udc40\ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6YW4xzDhGr\">pic.twitter.com\/6YW4xzDhGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHoopCentral\/status\/2016369090231992550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA rookies usually take time to find their voice, but Egor Demin decided to let his actions speak for him on Tuesday night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":481141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-481142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Immagine-2026-01-28-095034.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481142"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=481142"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=481142"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=481142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}