Nightly News   |  August 19, 2011

Basketbrawl: fans say Chinese team too aggressive

In China, some observers are saying the Chinese players were unnecessarily aggressive in the brawl that erupted during a “goodwill game” between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Chinese Bayi Rockets. NBC’s Harry Smith reports.

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>>> we told you last night about the basket brawl in china between the georgetown hoyas and her host, a professional team from the chinese army . some observers say that now that the chinese were unnecessarily aggressive. chinese fans had gone to the internet to blame their own team, the team has become infamous for its oncourt squirmishes. players have been fined tens of thousands of dollars by the asian federation for fighting.