Nicolas Batum Punches Navarro! Tempers Flare, France vs Spain

By Sam Neter on August 8, 2012

During Spain’s Olympic quarter final defeat of France, things got nasty toward the end after Nicolas Batum flew in for this ~~international foul~~ punch on Juan Carlos Navarro.

Moments earlier, Rudy Fernandes had been intentionally fouled by Ronnie Turiaf, diving to the floor in pain – many thought he flopped.

After the game, a journalist asked Batum why he punched Navarro, his response? “I wanted to give him a good reason to flop.”

I asked Nicolas Batum why he hit Juan-Carlos Navarro in the groin. “I wanted to give him a good reason to flop,” Batum said.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) August 8, 2012

How he didn’t get ejected, I do not know.

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