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Matt Barnes Attacked Derek Fisher for Dating his Estranged Wife

Matt Barnes left Derek Fisher with a couple scratches after attacking him for dating his estranged wife.

Over the weekend, Matt Barnes, currently with the Memphis Grizzlies, was involved in an altercation with his former Lakers teammate and current Knicks head coach Derek Fisher at the home of his estranged wife Gloria Govan. Fisher was at a party at Govan's house on Saturday and somehow Barnes found out and drove from Santa Barbara—where he was training with the Grizzlies—to Govan's home in Los Angeles to "beat the shit out of Fisher." Barnes and Govan are in the process of divorcing and Fisher has apparently been dating Govan for "a few months."

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The New York Post has a few extra details:

A source close to Fisher confirmed the fight but said, "Matt came after Derek but he only had a few scratches … Derek's not going to press charges, he's going to let it go." Fisher left the scene before cops arrived, and we hear that Govan's planning to file a restraining order.

Fisher actually missed Knicks practice on Monday for what the team described as "personal reasons." The Post has one source that says the fight was the reason for his absence, though another claims he had issues with his flight back to New York. Jealousy is an ugly look, so Barnes is going to have a tough time explaining this to his kinda-sorta-maybe-probably not-actually, almost certainly not-lady friend Rihanna.

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