Tyler Herro and Jusuf Nurkic‘s tussle just cost ’em a chunk of change — the NBA has fined both players $25,000 for their involvement in an on-court altercation, league officials announced Friday.
It all went down during the 4th quarter of Wednesday night’s Heat vs. Blazers game … when Nurkic set an on-ball screen on Herro, knocking him to the hardwood floor in the process.
A frustrated Herro got up and ran after Jusuf — shoving him in the back from behind. Nurkic retaliated by swiping at Herro’s face with his left hand.
🇺🇸 Tyler Herro and Jusuf Nurkic each fined $25k for their role in this scuffle in Heat @ Blazers
🇮🇹 Tyler Herro e Jusuf Nurkic multati di $25k ciascuno per questa rissa in Portland-Miami di mercoledì #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/FNsUPNY4ZM
— Davide Chinellato (@dchinellato) January 7, 2022
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In video of the incident, you can see right after Nurkic — the 7-foot, 290-pound center — hopped over Tyler’s body … and the 6’5″ sharpshooter made a direct dash towards the Blazers big man.
Both players were ejected for the scuffle … and on Friday, the Association handed down more punishment.
“Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic and Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro have each been fined $25,000 for their roles in an on-court altercation,” Byron Spruell, NBA prez of league operations said.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt or injured — players from both teams and officials were able to diffuse the situation before it could escalate further.
Time to whip out the checkbook, boys.