A Brooklyn Nets security official who stepped onto the court and appeared to shove Milwaukee Bucks’ P.J. Tucker during a game has been barred by the NBA from the team’s Eastern Conference semi-finals matches in Milwaukee, U.S. media reported.
The incident happened in the third quarter of Milwaukee’s 86-83 win at Fiserv Forum on Thursday when the official stepped in to separate Tucker and the Nets’ Kevin Durant following a heated conversation between the two players after a foul.
The guard will also be stood down from court area duties in Brooklyn during the series, ESPN reported.
Kevin Durant and PJ Tucker got right into each other's faces. pic.twitter.com/wB4IvtAUxv
— ESPN (@espn) June 11, 2021
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