The NBA preseason has tipped off and the early goings of the season has not stopped some of the leagues’ stars from getting physical early.
During Monday night’s Washington Wizards and Chicago Bulls game, Paul Pierce and Joakim Noah got into after a routine play and they had to be separated. Pierce joined the Wizards this year after not receiving an offer to return to the Brooklyn Nets.
Noah went up to Pierce and shove his chest, Pierce and Noah then shared words as Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau attempted to get the two to step away from each other. Pierce then puts his finger on Noah’s forehead and then two then go back at it. They had to be separated and nothing more came of the scuffle, but it was an unexpected bit of fire from a usually quite NBA preseason.
The Bulls and Wizards meet for the first time in the regular season on December 23 in Washington D.C.
Pierce and Noah jawing-pushing and a poke after Pierce committed a hard foul on Butler..... — chuck swirsky (@swirsk054) October 7, 2014
Teammates had to separate Noah and Pierce. It's the first few minutes of a preseason game. The late-00s Bulls-Celtics rivalry lives. — Sean Highkin (@highkin) October 7, 2014
AAAAAAND now Joakim Noah wants a piece of Pierce. Everyone's up off both benches, but no punches thrown. #Bulls
— Christopher Sosa (@redeyesportschi) October 7, 2014
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