Jeff Teague body-checks Ricky Rubio into bench, Jimmy Butler jumps on Twitter for first time since 2016 to show his approval

Friday night’s Timberwolves-Jazz game was full of drama.

In the first half, Minnesota star Karl-Anthony Towns was ejected from the game because #RefShow.

And with just over five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Minnesota’s Jeff Teague basically body-checked Utah’s Ricky Rubio into the Timberwolves’ bench. This led to a near brawl between the two teams, and Teague was ejected. Also keep an eye on Utah’s Jae Crowder going after Teague following the play:

Here’s a replay angle to get a better look at the body-check from Teague:

Well, then it was Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau getting into it with Crowder, which resulted in a double technical.

Thibodeau also got the crybaby treatment from Jazz fans.

Jazz fan gives Thibs the crybaby treatment pic.twitter.com/fvTtKxhGRI

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) March 3, 2018

And then we had a couple of unexpected tweet, while the game was still going on from… Jimmy Butler! The Timberwolves’ star is out with a torn meniscus, and shot off his first tweets since 2016, and showed his support for Teague’s body-check. He also told Crowder, “get away from my coach. You don’t want no smoke either.”

haven’t used Twitter in years. But yeah Jeff that’s what I like to see. Rubio getting up quick for no reason.

— Jimmy Butler (@JimmyButler) March 3, 2018

Jae get away from my coach. You don’t want no smoke either

— Jimmy Butler (@JimmyButler) March 3, 2018

After the game, Crowder responded to Butler on Twitter.

I DONT TWITTER BEEF ILL LEAVE THAT TO U.. BUT U GOT MY PHONE NUMBER AND KNOW MY HOME ADDRESS..!! THE REST CAN BE HISTORY 😈😈 https://t.co/FGDRYnYyg5

— JAE CROWDER (@CJC9BOSS) March 3, 2018

Just your typical night in the NBA this season. Oh, and the Jazz won the game 116-108.

[ESPN]