Utah’s Jordan Clarkson was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Saturday, while Detroit’s Ron Holland II and Paul Reed also faced penalties for their involvement in an altercation between the Jazz and Pistons.
Clarkson received the largest fine for escalating the on-court confrontation and throwing his headband into the stands after being ejected from the game.
Holland was fined $25,000 for his role in intensifying the altercation, while Reed was penalized $15,000 for initiating it.
The incident began with Reed shoving Clarkson after a basket with 1:37 remaining in Utah’s 126-119 victory over Detroit on Thursday. The two players exchanged words and were quickly separated, with both ultimately being ejected.
In a separate incident, the NBA fined Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton $25,000 for throwing the ball into the stands during a game against the Toronto Raptors. Claxton had been assessed a technical foul and ejected after the incident, which occurred with 8:46 remaining in the second quarter of the Nets’ 101-94 comeback win on Thursday.
While on a fast break, Claxton was fouled by Kelly Olynyk near the top of the key. After continuing toward the basket, he flipped the ball into the stands, an action that violates NBA rules against tossing the ball into the crowd.