Overview
- The incident occurred after the clock expired in Oklahoma City’s 104-95 win, when Luguentz Dort shoved Jeremiah Fears and the two grabbed jerseys as players and staff rushed in to separate them.
- NBA Communications announced the $25,000 fines on Jan. 29, citing the aggressive post-buzzer exchange as the basis for discipline.
- Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said officials lost control of the final minutes and argued a foul on Dort should have been called on the last sequence.
- Fears was escorted off the floor toward the visiting locker room by Pelicans security and team personnel, and he later called Dort “soft” in an Instagram comment.
- A social media lip-reader claimed the players traded expletives during the face-off, and with no further sanctions announced, this remains the league’s final action as the teams do not meet again in the regular season.