Lou Dort and Jeremiah Fiers fined $25,000 each for Thunder-Pelicans brawl

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The NBA was fined Oklahoma City Thunder a veteran Lou Dort and New Orleans Pelicans rookie Jeremiah fears $25,000 for Tuesday’s late-game brawl at the Paycom Center. Dort and Fears got into a physical altercation late in the game after the game clock expired in the Thunder’s 104-95 win. Words were exchanged between the two guards before Lou shoved Jeremy and both teams’ benches cleared.

Dort and the Fears were each fined $25,000according to NBA PR.

Fears were contained by Pelicans security from the floor, through the player tunnel and into the visiting team’s locker room, as was he. still grumpy in an attempt to get Dort after both teams split two.

A few hours after the game, Fears commented on a photo of the fight from his Instagram account.

Fears had words for Dort comment section posts on Instagram.

“soft (as hell),” Fears responded to the photo, accompanied by three crying and laughing emojis.

Tuesday’s game is the third and final regular season meeting between the Thunder and Pelicans.

Mark Daigneault looks at the Lou Dort/Jeremiah Fears fight

Pelicans guard Jeremiah Fears (0) is pulled from a scuffle with Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) late in the game at the Pike Center
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Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault responded to Lou Dort and Jeremiah Fears‘ saying he wasn’t surprised it happened, considering the referees lost control of the game in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. The fight between Dort and Ferse happened minutes after Jaylin Williams and Sadiq Bey had to be separated after a hard foul.

For Daigneault, tensions between the Thunder and Pelicans players only escalated from that point on, leading to Fears and Dort’s brawl at the end of the game.

“Two things about it. The first is: I thought they were good guys, a good team, but I thought they lost control of the game in the final minutes. That feud ended up starting way before that with the Bey and J-Will situation. I thought they could have come clean,” Daigneault said. “Then the other thing is: I think it’s a foul for Dort.”

“And if they did, they should blow the whistle on that play regardless of the score and the time, because if they do, everybody stops playing, and you can handle the situation the way you would normally do it. But since they didn’t blow the whistle, it’s game over. There’s nothing you can do about it and you’re going to end up with that situation,” Daigneault concluded.

The Thunder will embark on a short two-game road trip, starting with the Timberwolves in Minneapolis and ending against the Nuggets in Denver on Sunday.





2026-01-29 18:59:00

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