![Jamal Murray, a guard for the Denver Nuggets, was hit with a $100,000 fine from the NBA after he threw both a towel and heating pad at a referee. [Twitter/Screenshot/Public — @BleacherReport]](https://images.dailycaller.com/image/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,f=auto/https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-07-8.40.52-PM-e1715128901732.png "Jamal Murray, a guard for the Denver Nuggets, was hit with a $100,000 fine from the NBA after he threw both a towel and heating pad at a referee. [Twitter/Screenshot/Public — @BleacherReport]")
He’s just lucky he didn’t get suspended.
Jamal Murray, a guard for the Denver Nuggets, was hit with a $100,000 fine from the NBA after he threw both a towel and heating pad at a referee. However, he managed to avoid being suspended. The incident took place Monday night during the Nuggets’ 106-80 Game 2 defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The NBA made the announcement Tuesday evening in a release. (RELATED: Klay Thompson, Orlando Magic Have ‘Mutual Interest’ In Joining Forces This Offseason: REPORT)
With 4:41 left in the second quarter and Minnesota holding a 49-30 advantage, Murray threw the objects on the court while play was live. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, another guard for Denver, scooped up the pad, threw it towards the sidelines and play went on with no stoppage from officials.
Marc Davis, the crew chief of the game, said he didn’t notice Murray throwing the objects when it happened, but that it would’ve been reviewed via the hostile act trigger if he had. Davis also said Murray would’ve been knocked with a technical foul, rather than an ejection.
The following was released by the NBA: pic.twitter.com/MlbHrJ3qtQ
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 7, 2024
Jamal Murray threw a towel onto the court during Game 2 pic.twitter.com/luj2mKryID
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 7, 2024
It’s funny, because Jamal Murray came into the series cocky as hell…
LEAKED Audio Of Jamal Murray Talking To Anthony Edwards👀:
Murray- “You got me?”
Edwards- “Yeah”
Murray: “ Oh, this is gonna be fun”
During that same possession, Ant got a stop on Murray and stared him down.
Then, after a no call, Ant said: “That mf smacked both of my arms” pic.twitter.com/KnXLxdpdoB
— LegendZ (@legendz_nba) May 5, 2024
Now he’s out here acting like a three-year-old … LMAO.