Miles Bridges fined $50K for throwing mouthpiece into crowd
The NBA fined Charlotte Hornets ahead Miles Bridges $50,000 Thursday for throwing his mouthpiece into the group after he was ejected from Wednesday night time’s play-in sport loss to the Hawks in Atlanta.
After selecting up two technical fouls for arguing a name, an agitated Bridges left the ground for the locker room and was heckled by a male fan within the tunnel. He then heaved his mouthpiece in that course, hitting a younger feminine.
Bridges apologized after the sport for the incident and once more Thursday following his exit interview in Charlotte.
“I misplaced my cool final night time with quite a lot of stuff that went on,” Bridges mentioned. “I usually don’t act like that and that was a humiliation on my half and for the group.”
Bridges mentioned he was able to take “full duty” for any punishment the league handed down.
“I deserve it,” Bridges mentioned. “You might be by no means imagined to exit like that, particularly as a result of the followers come to the sport to observe you play. For his or her security to be at risk at the moment, that’s flawed on my half. I take full duty.”
Bridges mentioned he has reached out to the feminine fan on Instagram to apologize, however has not heard again. The Hornets public relations division mentioned it’s attempting to get Bridges in contact with the fan.
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