The NBA fined Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray $100,000 for tossing a heat pack and a towel on the court during Monday night’s playoff game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The NBA announced the fine Tuesday. Murray won’t be suspended.
Murray tossed a heat pack onto the court with 4:45 remaining in the first half of Minnesota’s 106-80 win in Denver. TNT video recorded the incident as Denver trailed 37-20.
The TNT camera shows Nuggets star Jamal Murray throwing a heat pack from the bench right into game action on the floor before a T-Wolves bucket.
Murray tossed the heat pack from the bench onto the court while Minnesota was in an offensive set. Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns grabbed a rebound and put back a layup to extend Minnesota’s lead with the heat pack on the floor.
Denver’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was on the court on defense. He saw the pack on the floor, picked it up and tossed it to the sideline.
Seconds prior to throwing the heat pack, Murray also threw a towel in the direction of official Marc Davis. The towel landed behind Davis’ feet as he stood on the baseline, and he didn’t notice.
Officials also missed Murray’s heat-pack toss in the moment. He was not disciplined during the game.
In issuing the fine, NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars cited Murray for “throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during live play.”
