Thompson and Rozier are being suspended for the roles they performed within the on-court altercation that occurred in the course of the closing minute of the Warmth-Rockets recreation in Houston on Sunday.
Along with the suspensions, the league introduced that Rockets guard Jalen Green has been fined $35K, and Warmth guard Tyler Herro has been fined $25K for his or her involvement within the fracas.
Rockets head coach Ime Udoka has obtained a $50K nice for verbal abuse of a referee and never leaving the court docket in a well timed method after being ejected.
Moreover, Rockets level guard Fred VanVleet has been fined $35K for making “reckless” contact with official Marc Davis. That incident occurred moments earlier than the altercation that led to the opposite penalties.
With Miami up by 5 factors and about to inbound the ball with 35.7 seconds left in Sunday’s recreation, Herro and Thompson began exchanging phrases and bumping each other. Thompson grabbed Herro by the jersey and threw him to the ground, which led to Rozier tackling Thompson as Inexperienced went after Rozier and several other different gamers and coaches converged on the melee.
As soon as the mud settled, these 4 gamers, together with Udoka and Rockets assistant coach Ben Sullivan, have been ejected. Sullivan is the one a type of ejected who wasn’t fined or suspended Tuesday.
Tensions have been already operating excessive main as much as the melee, as VanVleet was tossed from the sport after arguing {that a} timeout ought to have been awarded to Houston earlier than Davis referred to as the crew for a five-second violation on its inbound play.
VanVleet made contact with Davis in the course of the argument, which the veteran official deemed to be intentional, ensuing within the guard’s ejection. Udoka was additionally sniping backwards and forwards with Davis at the moment and was finally ejected for “unsportsmanlike feedback,” per the crew chief.
The suspension will maintain Thompson out of motion for Wednesday’s recreation vs. Dallas and Friday’s contest vs. Boston. It’s going to additionally price him $127,586, which is 2/145ths of his $9,249,960 full-season wage, notes ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Rozier, who should sit out Wednesday’s recreation vs. New Orleans, will forfeit $143,242, which is 1/174th of his $24,924,126 wage.
