Australian basketball officials vowed that they will held accountable the perpetrators in the massive brawl that marred the game between the Boomers and Gilas Pilipinas in the third window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers last Monday at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.

In a report by Olgun Uluc of Fox Sports Australia, Australian Basketballers’ Association (ABA) CEO Jacob Holmes said they are giving legal advise to the Boomers to make sure that they won’t be on the losing end of the FIBA decision on the biggest and ugliest brawl in international basketball.

Aside from the ABA’s legal assistance, some Boomers already hired their own counsels so that the investigation and the entire process will be done correctly.

Citing reliable sources, Uluc said Australian basketball officials are still furious over what happened and they are pushing for a lifetime ban on Gilas assistant coach Jong Uichico as well as hefty penalties on Jio Jalalon and Peter Aguilar.

Also the chairman of the coaches’ commission of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), Uichico was seen pummeling a helpless Australian guard Chris Goulding with a barrage of punches under the basket in the heat of the brawl.

Uichico already issued a public apology, saying that what he did was done out of emotions “like a father who cares about his sons.”

“That does not excuse my actions and I apologize to everyone as in hindsight I should have not gotten involved,” he said in a social media post last July 3.

“This is a painful, but maybe necessary, lesson for me.”

Jalalon, meanwhile, was caught on camera unleashing a solid right hook on a defenseless Nathan Sobey few seconds after Aguilar – the father of Gilas forward Japeth Aguilar – hurled a metal chair from behind the Australian forward.

FIBA had already created a Disciplinary Panel and both federations – the SBP and Basketball Australia (BA) – were already required to submit their respective pieces of evidence like video footages, sworn affidavits and photos on or before Monday.

FIBA also advised both the BA and SBP not to issue any further statement and keep everything confidential so that the investigation won’t be hampered.

They were also required to come up with a joint statement to make sure that speculations will be avoided.

“We deeply regret the events that took place during the game. The actions displayed have no place on any basketball court,” the joint statement reads.

“We fully accepts our responsibility and we are collaborating in the ongoing proceedings to investigate this incident.”

Aside from the Filipinos, Australian basketball officials maintained that Daniel Kickert should be penalized for throwing a flying elbow at Roger Pogoy that sparked the free-for-all melee in the 4:01 mark of the third period.