--- ---  # Justin Bieber Got Into a Fight After the NBA Finals in Cleveland by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 10, 2016 3:07 AM UTC  Recording artist Justin Bieber performs onstage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Recording artist Justin Bieber performs onstage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 10, 2016 3:07 AM UTC Justin Bieber has obviously never heard the advice: “pick on someone your own size.” A Snapchat video [published ](http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/09/justin-bieber-fist-fight-video-cleveland/)by TMZ Thursday appears to show an altercation involving the pop singer outside a hotel in Cleveland. Bieber had reportedly just attended Wednesday night’s NBA Finals Game 3, in which the Cavaliers beat the Warriors 120-90. In the video, Bieber — wearing the Cavaliers’ team shirt — appears to grapple with a much larger man near the door of the hotel. The 22-year-old “Sorry” singer seems to throw a punch before being wrestled to the ground. It wasn’t clear who started the fight and according to [Fox 8,](http://fox8.com/2016/06/09/video-shows-justin-bieber-in-altercation-outside-cleveland-hotel/) the scuffle lasted a few minutes and the police were not called. \[[_TMZ_](http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/09/justin-bieber-fist-fight-video-cleveland/)\] Justin Bieber: Video Shows Fight After Cleveland NBA Finals ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4363840/justin-bieber-punch-cleveland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4363840/justin-bieber-punch-cleveland/"},"headline":"Justin Bieber Got Into a Fight After the NBA Finals in Cleveland","datePublished":"2016-06-10T03:07:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:13.927Z","description":"It wasn't clear what prompted the scuffle","url":"https://time.com/4363840/justin-bieber-punch-cleveland/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Justin Bieber","NBA","Cleveland"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558e510bfa93e212/6988973c5f570fdc8cb21470/gettyimages-533596166.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt558e510bfa93e212/6988973c5f570fdc8cb21470/gettyimages-533596166.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Billboard Music Awards - Show","caption":"2016 Billboard Music Awards - Show","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4363840/justin-bieber-punch-cleveland/","name":"Justin Bieber Got Into a Fight After the NBA Finals in Cleveland"}}]}] ```