After the Houston Rockets' Amen Thompson flung the Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro to the ground and started a rare NBA skirmish, key figures from both sides of the Heat’s 104-100 win Sunday night did a little verbal sniping at each other.

From there, mass chaos ensued. Heat guard Terry Rozier went at Thompson to retaliate, taking him to the ground. As players and coaches tried to break up the madness, Thompson and Herro continued to yell at one another as Thompson was pulled away.

That’s when the defining moment of the night happened, as Rockets forward Amen Thompson and Heat guard Tyler Herro sparked a melee that led to six ejections before the Heat escaped with a gutsy 104-100 road victory. “Just two competitors going at it, playing basketball,” Herro said, downplaying the incident.