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Back in October, news broke that former teammates Matt Barnes and Derek Fisher had been in some type of altercation involving Barnes’ estranged wife Gloria Govan. Â Govan and Fisher allegedly had been seeing each other at the time and when Barnes found out he went ballistic. Â Barnes may have been mad that he found out about the relationship via a text message from one of the couple’s children.
Barned drove to Govan’s home and confronted both and allegedly shoved Fisher. Â He also spit on his former wife and mother of his children. Â Police were called to the home, but no one pressed charges. Â After the incident went public Barnes called it a “personal matter” and his focus was on his children and basketball.
Barnes blames Fisher for the story even going public in the first place. Â Clippers beat writer Ben Bolch released a series of tweets quoting how Barnes felt about all the publicity.
Matt Barnes on Derek Fisher: "We're 2 grown men who should have handled 2 grown men's business, but he wanted to run and tell the cops & NBA
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) November 9, 2015
Matt Barnes: "The New York Post is run by the New York Knicks, so it's obviously a way of trying to make me look like the bad guy."
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) November 9, 2015
The league has finally handed down punishment for the altercation and he will serve a two game suspension.  He will likely miss Memphis’ game against the Heat tomorrow and their game against the Jazz on Saturday.
