Yesterday's Game between the Pacers and the Trail Blazers saw a discordant scene on the sidelines. Nurkic, who was sidelined by injury in the Blazers, walked straight to a Pacers fan on the sidelines, and after a few arguments with the fans, Nurkic snatched the fans' mobile phones and threw them in the audience.
As an NBA player, you certainly will not clash with fans for no reason, since the Oppen Hill Palace incident, the NBA attaches great importance to the clash between players and fans, and will be punished heavily.
Today the official NBA penalty result came out, and Nurkic was fined $40,000 for the conflict. According to chris Haynes, we also know the reason for Nurkic's anger.
It was the fans who provoked the incident first, and he insulted Nurkic's mother as garbage on the sidelines, and called Nurkic's grandmother BZ. Who can put this kind of thing intolerable? Just throwing away his mobile phone, nurkic has a good temper, if it is not in the stadium, you see Nurkic does not beat him is finished.
Previously, in the Lakers-Pacers game, two Pacers fans cursed James's son, and then James complained to the referee, eventually expelling the two fans from the game.
After that incident, James said: "I don't mind them talking nonsense, but everyone has a bottom line and shouldn't be speechless." Apparently, pacers fans are once again speechless.
Nurkic's grandmother died of covid-19 in 2020, when the Blazers were about to compete with the Grizzlies for a playoff, Nurkic stood on the court with great grief, and finally scored 22 points, 21 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks to help the Blazers enter the playoffs.
After the game, Nurkic hugged CJ McCollum tightly. McCollum said in an interview: "To be honest, I can't imagine what he's going through, it may be a pain that can never be released, and we can only try to get through it, so we will do our best to support him." ”
Nurkic wrote on social media after the game: "I promised that I would fight like you to fight as hard as you #Grandma please rest in peace #Love you#" Such a filial child, hearing someone insulting his grandmother, of course, can't stand it.
At the end of February, Nurkic suffered from plantar fasciitis and had to take a four-week truce. This injury is not very serious, but it is impossible to run, and it really hurts.
I hope that Nurkic will return to the game soon, and I hope that the outspoken Pacers fans will know what respect is.