Former NBA star Dwight Howard was ejected from a Taiwan basketball league sport over the weekend … after members from each groups received right into a wild skirmish on the courtroom.

All of it went down on Sunday … when Howard’s Taoyuan Leopards have been enjoying the Taiwan Beer HeroBears.

As Howard’s teammate, Chen Hsiao-Jung, was trying to get separation from HeroBears guard Chiang Yu-an … he elbowed him within the face — sparking an enormous combat.

You possibly can see in broadcast footage of the sport, the blokes instantly went after one another … and a flurry of punches ensued. Then, all hell broke free — with gamers from either side inserting themselves into the mayhem.

At one level, an assistant coach ran onto the courtroom and threw a number of punches at Hsiao-Jung — earlier than the referees restrained him.

The fracas — which began close to midcourt — spilled over to the opposite facet of the courtroom, and a number of folks ended up on the bottom as extra punches have been thrown close to the sideline.

Cameras did not catch Howard too concerned within the melee — he really seemed to be enjoying peacemaker — however he was finally ejected nonetheless.