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Scuffle with Zubac and Saric in a club on the beach – They were attacked and defended themselves, say the Croats

The Croatian basketball federation speaks of a "brief incident"

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The Croatian basketball federation has issued a statement on the incident in a club on the beach on Monday night involving Dario Saric and Ivica Zubacz.

According to the statement, “our players were first verbally attacked and then physically attacked which forced them to defend themselves.”

The same statement said that “it was a short incident that was interrupted thanks to the intervention of club employees.”

The video shows Saric trying to defend Zubac, who appears to have been hit by another man. And at one point, someone headlocked Saric and knocked him to the ground, with the Croatian forward taking blows to the face and body.

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NBA players Ivica Zubac & Dario Saric were involved in a bar fight near Athens, Greece early this morning (around 5:30 AM local time) – following their game (Team Croatia) against Greece.
Much of the confrontation was caught on video.
At one point, another man seems to put Saric… pic.twitter.com/Y72trC76Mn

– michael j. babcock (@mikejbabcock) July 8, 2024

This particular incident occurred a few hours after the Croats were disqualified from the Olympics following the national team’s victory. According to TMZ, which released the video, there were no police on the scene at the time of the incident.

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