Boomers assistant coach Luc Longley has accused Philippines coach Chot Reyes of helping to incite an ugly on-court brawl that caused shockwaves around the world.
The Australian basketball team touched down in Brisbane and Melbourne on Wednesday morning, after their 89-53 FIBA World Cup qualifying win over the Philippines was marred by violence.
In shocking scenes, 13 players were ejected and objects were hurled as players and officials from both sides, plus a number of unruly fans, flooded the court at the Philippine Arena on Monday night.
Back in Australia, Longley accused the Filipino players and staff of acting like "thugs".
He pointed the finger at Reyes, saying he was upset with him more than anyone.
"I've never seen anything like that, not even on YouTube. I do believe their coach Chot Reyes incited them to come out and thug us. There's video evidence of that. Then he substituted a thug out there, who took three or four cheap swings at 'Bubbles' (Goulding)," Longley said at a press conference in Brisbane.
"This is out of the party line but I'm most disturbed with their head coach. I think he was embarrassed by the way his team was playing. I think he was embarrassed by the shape they were in. I think he was embarrassed by how they fought."
He continued: "He wouldn't look me in the eye at the end of the game when I shook his hand. I think he was embarrassed and I think that's where a lot of it came from. If you listen to his diatribe after the game I think it verifies it. I'm upset with him more than anybody.
"To let his team take gangster selfies on the baseline after something like that, that shows a total lack of control and respect."
Veteran player Daniel Kickert admitted he "overstepped" the mark by elbowing Philippines guard Roger Pogoy in the face and has thrown himself at the mercy of FIBA as they consider sanctions.
Kickert is likely to receive a long suspension from the global governing body for his hit on chief Filipino aggressor Pogoy, which sparked the ugly third-quarter brawl.
"I was put in a position where I obviously made an action which was regrettable and unfortunate," Kickert told reporters.
"It was a good trip for the boys and it would have been a good win. It ended poorly with a controversial issue. I think I've overstepped a little bit with my response to the escalation in the game. I regret those things but I'm going to let FIBA do everything they need to do to take the time, go through the process and come to the answers that they see fit and bring down the sanctions they bring down."
Meanwhile, coach Andrej Lemanis provided a qualified defence of Kickert, saying he only delivered the elbow after Pogoy had sent Chris Goulding tumbling onto the floor with a raised forearm.
"I think the game's obviously emotional. There was an escalation in the amount of physicality that happened in the game," Lemanis said.
"He saw someone hit one of his teammates and he took a response and as he admitted right there, perhaps that was over the line in terms of the impact of the response. But in terms of looking after his teammate, it's something he was always going to do."
Kickert has spent the past two seasons in the NBL with the Brisbane Bullets but recently signed a deal to move to the Sydney Kings.
Since FIBA sanctions also apply to the NBL, he is likely to miss a large chunk of the new season, which begins in October.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australian consul staff in the Philippines ensured a safe exit for the Boomers after the ugly brawl.
"It was a tense situation and we didn't want to leave anything to chance," she told Sky News. "So, officials assisted them to get through the airport, through border control and the like, until they were safely on the plane."
