Overview
- Oklahoma City closed out a 104-95 win over New Orleans when contact on Lu Dort’s contest of Jeremiah Fears at the horn was followed by shoves that ignited a scrum.
- Players, assistants and officials rushed in to separate the guards, and Pelicans president Joe Dumars stepped onto the floor to help restore order.
- Fears was restrained and escorted through the visitors’ tunnel as he tried to re-engage, and no technical fouls were issued because time had expired.
- Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said the crew lost control late and that Dort fouled on the final play, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander called it a typical basketball scuffle.
- Video of the exchange spread widely on social media, and Fears later taunted Dort on Instagram as the possibility of NBA supplemental discipline remained open.