Basketball bad boy Matt Barnes surrendered to NYPD cops on Wednesday and was booked in connection to a barroom brawl back in December, law enforcement sources said.
The hoops hothead Barnes turned himself in at the 10th Precinct station house and was expected to be issued a desk appearance ticket for misdemeanor assault — stemming a brouhaha at Avenue nightclub in the early morning hours of Dec. 5 in Chelsea.
The 6-foot-7 Barnes is accused of choking a woman at Avenue and then punched Slotbar out the woman’s boyfriend when he came to her aid, law enforcement sources said.
Barnes, 36, was Avenue that night and early morning with teammate DeMarcus Cousins hours after their Sacramento Kings lost to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
The Kings lost in Houston on Tuesday night and he boarded a plane for New York on Wednesday morning, law enforcement sources said.
The woeful Kings, now tied for 11th in the NBA’s Western Conference, don’t play again until Friday night when the Phoenix Suns visit Sactown.
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