Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
Fox News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A late-game punch just cost Marcus Smart three games.
asserted
punch → cost → games
The NBA suspended the Houston Rockets guard without pay on Thursday after swinging at, then grazing, Golden State Warriors center Charles Bassey.
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NBA → suspend → Bassey
Doing the exact opposite of his last name, the 32-year-old former Defensive Player of the Year melted down in the third quarter of Houston's 115-108 win.
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Player → do → win
Smart and Bassey got tied up fighting for position under the glass, barked at each other trailing the play, and Smart uncorked a right hook that grazed Bassey's nose.
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that → tie → nose
Teammates, coaches, and officials quickly stepped between them.
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Teammates → step → them
Smart did not wait for the replay review to finish before walking toward the locker room.
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review → wait → room
Referees assessed him a Flagrant 2 foul and the 13th ejection of his career, ending his night with six points, two rebounds, and one assist in 17 minutes.
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Referees → assess → minutes
He will sit out Friday's home matchup against the Utah Jazz, Sunday's road game in Washington and Monday's trip to Miami before becoming eligible to return Nov. 18 against the Indiana Pacers.
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He → sit → Pacers
After the game, Rockets head coach Ime Udoka relayed Smart's excuse for throwing hands.
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Udoka → relay → hands
According to Udoka, Smart claimed Bassey wrapped up Smart's previously injured elbow during the tangle.
uncertain
Bassey → accord → tangle
When Smart confronted him about it, Bassey allegedly replied, "What you gonna do?"
"And he did it," Udoka told reporters.
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Udoka → confront → reporters
Bassey, who finished with seven points and six rebounds in 13 minutes, was unimpressed by the swing and unloaded on Smart in the locker room.
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who → finish → room
Bassey accused Smart of playing dirty all night, alleging the guard grabbed his knee while Bassey tried to set a screen in the first half.
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Bassey → accuse → half
Bassey admitted he baited Smart into reacting and dismissed the punch as an excuse to clock out early.
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he → admit → excuse
"I knew he was gonna do something," he said.
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he → know → something
"I baited for him to do something, because I knew he was going to do something.
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he → bait → something
I don't think he was trying to play.
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he → think → ?
I think he was trying to get himself out of the game.
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he → think → game
He wasn't trying to play …
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He → try → ?
I think he was trying to chill.
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he → think → ?
He wasn't trying to hoop, bro."
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He → try → ?
The ban marks the third NBA suspension of Smart's 13-year career, following one-game league bans for hitting Matt Bonner in 2015 and threatening an official in 2021, plus more than a dozen fines that include a $50,000 penalty for shoving Joel Embiid in 2019.
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that → mark → 2019
Houston still closed out the seven-point win, but Smart's thin skin will cost him three games and six figures.
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skin → close → games
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