Players take ‘disgraceful’ selfie after horrific brawl with Australia basketball team

The Philippines basketball team have been blasted for a ‘disgraceful’ act in the aftermath of their horror brawl with the Boomers.

Members of the Phillipines team huddled around the phone of veteran power forward Marc Pingris to take a selfie, despite being involved in one of the ugliest moments in basketball history just minutes before.

Boomers players and officials could only watch on in amazement as the smiling players huddled around the camera, brandishing cheesy smiles as the posed for the pictures.

The backlash was intense, even before Pingris posted his selfie to Instagram.

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Not long after, the 36-year-old deleted the image off the site, presumably as a result of an overwhelmingly negative response.

Former NBA star Andrew Bogut was one of the first to condemn the post-brawl selfie.

Fox Sports commentators labelled the selfie ‘childish’ and called for an experienced leader to reign in the players, who were acting like heroes after the disgraceful event.

However it certainly wasn’t the only shocking moment of the night.

In perhaps the most horrible scene from the brawl that has been witnessed around the world, Boomers guard Nathan Sobey had a chair thrown at his head by classless official or fan.

Moments later he was coward punched by an official.

Basketball’s international governing body has opened disciplinary hearings against Australia and the Philippines after their World Cup 2019 Asian qualifier descended into chaos with 13 players ejected for brawling during the match.

The Boomers defeated the Philippines 89-53 to finish top of their qualifying group in Bulacan on Monday night, but the match result was overshadowed by the ugly brawl .

“FIBA will now open disciplinary proceedings against both teams. The decisions will be communicated in the coming days,” FIBA tweeted on Monday.

Australia had held a comfortable 79-48 lead when a pair of rough fouls, one from Philippines player Roger Pogoy on Chris Goulding, followed by a retaliation from teammate Daniel Kickert, saw the game erupt into madness.

Players from both teams engaged in an all-in brawl while officials charged onto the court to try and restore order.

The situation intensified as unruly fans invaded the court to hurl objects at the players, sparking major safety concerns.

Play was suspended for over 30 minutes while match officials attempted to review the incident.

A total of 13 players were ejected – nine from the Philippines along with Australia’s Goulding, Kickert, Thon Maker and Nathan Sobey.

The Philippines were left with only three eligible players but the match continued until two of their players deliberately fouled out to end the contest.

Scheduled post-match press conferences for both teams were cancelled in the aftermath of the incident.

Basketball Australia’s Chief Executive Anthony Moore issued a statement following the match to apologise for the Boomers’ involvement in the violent incident.

“Basketball Australia deeply regrets the incident in tonight’s match between the Boomers and the Philippines in Manila,” Moore said.

“We are extremely disappointed with what happened and our role in it.

“This is not the spirit in which sport should be played and certainly not in the spirit in which we aim to play basketball.

“We apologise to our fans and will await the penalties to be handed down.”

With AAP