Philadelphia 76ers head trainer Nick Nurse and ahead Kelly Oubre Jr. have each and every been fined $50,000 via the NBA for confronting officers following Wednesday’s 108-107 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
In Nurse’s case, he’s being punished for “aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing recreation officers,” whilst Oubre Jr. is being fined for “verbally abusing and directing an obscene gesture towards recreation officers.”
It used to be a debatable loss for the 76ers, who argued that Oubre Jr. used to be fouled via Paul George sooner than his game-winning shot strive used to be blocked via Kawhi Leonard. There used to be no name at the play and the Clippers took the one-point victory.
Enraged via the decision, Nurse rushed to the court docket and needed to be held again via different group group of workers. He wasn’t by myself, as Oubre Jr. took the chance to indicate at each and every legitimate and ship a message.
“You are a b****. You’re a b****. You’re a b****,” Oubre Jr. seemed to say to the referees sooner than he used to be additionally pulled away.
Nurse stated after the sport he believed there used to be sufficient touch to garner a choice. “However that’s how it is going once in a while,” he added.
Oubre Jr. remained steadfast {that a} foul must had been referred to as when talking to the media in a while, but in addition apologized for his movements.
After all, Nurse and Oubre Jr. have been proper of their trust because the officers admitted a neglected name following the sport.
“At the ultimate play at the ground, in actual time the group interpreted that play because the defender leaping vertically. On the other hand, in post-game video overview we did apply some slight float to his left via the defender George, and a bad must had been dominated,” NBA referee Kevin Scott stated in a pool document by the use of Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia inquirer.