Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic has been fined $25,000, but will not be suspended, for a fight with Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro during Portland’s 115-109 loss to the Heat on Wednesday night. Both players were ejected from the game following the incident. Herro was also fined $25,000 for his part in the altercation.
The news came in a tweet from Casey Holdahl of the Trail Blazers.
The incident started with just over a minute remaining in the fourth period when Nurkic leaned into a blind screen on Herro, who hit Nurkic’s shoulder and dropped to the ground like Greg “The Hammer” Valentine taking a flying forearm from former Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana.