NBA 2025: Watch fight breaks out between Tristan Thompson and Toronto Raptors after ‘unethical dunk’

NBA 2025: Thursday's game between Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers ended ruggedly. This came after Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson attempted an unethical dunk against the Raptors' defenders in the game's dying seconds. The crowd got in on the action as well, booing the power forward.

Toronto Raptors were already frustrated with how the NBA 2025 game panned out for them. And with Tristan Thompson crossing the ethical line, all the frustration came out aggressively at the touchline area. It was during the last few seconds of the game that Tristan Thompson got a pass and dunked home two points catching the Toronto Raptors defenders off guard.

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Cleveland Cavaliers, at that moment, had a healthy lead of 19 points with a score of 129-108 in their favor. Generally, both teams cool off during the last few seconds if the match isn't at a thrilling scoreline. The player who has the possession just engages with the ball without making significant movements. Even players surrounding stand idly waiting for the game clock to stop.

Toronto Raptors, with a similar frame of mind, stood idly during the last 10 seconds of the game. However, Tristan Thompson desperately went ahead and dunked, taking another 2 points home. The Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, Canada) crowd wasn't having it and, despite Tristan Thompson being a Canadian player, booed him.

After the buzzer went on indicating the closure of the NBA game, few Toronto Raptors players followed the 33-year-old, thus regarding it as an unethical dunk. Tristan Thompson didn't step back and aggressively responded to the approaching players. The coaching staff surrounding them had to separate Tristan Thompson and Toronto Raptors players before things took a more wrong turn.

The Canadian power forward managed to get only three minutes in the fixture, and he scored 4 points. At the same time, the star of the night for the Cavaliers was Donovan Mitchell, who scored 21 points, five assists, and six rebounds. Evan Mobley marked a double-double, scoring 12 points and collecting 15 rebounds.