The episode took place on January 29 after the Memphis Grizzlies-Indiana Pacers dispute
The NBA is conducting an investigation to clarify what happened
The environment of I Morant is under investigation by the NBA after being accused by the Indiana Pacers of aiming a red laser, possibly from a gun, against some members of his coaching staff after an altercation on January 29 in Memphis, according to the portal ‘The Athletic’.
The NBA assured through a spokesman that his investigators they interviewed to several witnesses and reviewed the images recorded by the security cameras and that, despite confirming that there was a strong altercation, At the moment they could not “corroborate that some people have threatened others with a weapon.”
At the Grizzlies-Pacers game on Jan. 29, Morant got into a third-quarter altercation with the Dominican. Chris Duarte and, at the end of the duel, the leader of the Grizzlies confronted some members of the visiting team in the bus area. Subsequently, Morant got into a car along with his entourage and the Pacers coaching staff assures that he saw a red laser targeted against them.
According to the portal ‘The Athletic’, the coaching staff of the Pacers had a feeling of “danger”, because he was convinced that it was a rifle. The Pacers took their concern to the NBA, which opened an investigation that identified some of those responsible for the altercation, but did not verify that there were threats with a weapon.
“Some people involved in the post-match altercation have been punished with the prohibition to go to matches in the stadium. If other information emerges about what happened after the game, the league will carry out new investigations,” said the NBA spokesman in a note published by ‘The Athletic’.