Adam Levine recalls Justin Bieber basketball fury

Adam Levine has revealed that Justin Bieber "shoved" him in the back during a basketball game.

The Maroon 5 singer explained how he and keyboard player PJ Morton were invited to play basketball with Bieber and his crew while visiting Australia, and that the teenager was a tough opponent.

Levine told Jimmy Kimmel: "We were all in Australia and they, like, play basketball on tour and our keyboard player knows his tour manager and we all played basketball at, like, 10 at night - they rented out some gym.

"[Justin] talks so much s**t, like really angry... It's insane. He's a child!

"He really is a nice kid and we were playing basketball and I felt this, like, really intense shove in my back... No-one does that, especially when the ball is dead... He pushed me really hard in the back. I was like, 'Did Justin Bieber just punk me...?'

The Voice judge added that he retaliated but regretted his actions afterwards.

"I got kinda mad... and I whipped the ball at him as fast as I could. I hit him in the back... and everything was fine after that. Then I felt bad because I struck a child with a basketball," he joked.

Levine also spoke of his shock that Bieber's concert guest MC Hammer didn't perform 'U Can't Touch This', instead choosing his "deep cuts".

Levine previously revealed that eliminations on The Voice are "stressful".

Chris Brown recently said that Justin Bieber was "mad" at him for being late for the recording of 'Next 2 U'.

Watch a clip of Adam Levine discussing MC Hammer and Justin Bieber with Jimmy Kimmel below: