{"id":9690,"date":"2022-01-06T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbanewsinsider.com\/2022\/01\/06\/jusuf-nurkic-and-tyler-herro-fight-video-from-heat-blazers-game\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T14:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:25:23","slug":"jusuf-nurkic-and-tyler-herro-fight-video-from-heat-blazers-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbanewsinsider.com\/jusuf-nurkic-and-tyler-herro-fight-video-from-heat-blazers-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Jusuf Nurkic and Tyler Herro fight video from Heat-Blazers game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trail Blazers\u00a0center Jusuf Nurkic and Heat guard Tyler Herro\u2019s heated exchange turned physical in the fourth quarter of Miami\u2019s win against Portland\u00a0on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Things escalated in the final minute of the game when Nurkic threw a punch at Herro, leading to both players being ejected after review. <\/p>\n<p>The scuffle started when Nurkic made contact with Herro on a hard screen at the top of the key, knocking him to the floor. Herro quickly came to his feet, ran toward Nurkic and pushed the Blazers\u2019 big man from behind. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Heat players grab Jusuf Nurkic after he threw a punch at Tyler Herro.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was the punch by Nurkic, though, that evoked both teams to intervene and separate the two. Referees also held players back. <\/p>\n<p>Herro finished with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists off the bench. He struggled from the field, shooting 5-for-23, and was 2-for-9 from three. <\/p>\n<p>Nurkic recorded 14 points and 13 rebounds to go with two steals, a block and a single assist in the 115-109 loss. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p id=\"ZeE2SV\">The NBA has not yet responded to the incident, or further disciplined either player. <\/p>\n<p>Heat guard Kyle Lowry was also ejected in the first half after two technicals. <\/p>\n<p>Both teams were without their stars with Miami forward Jimmy Butler sidelined with an ankle injury and Portland point guard Damian Lillard dealing with lower abdominal tendinopathy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=769\" alt=\"Jusuf Nurkic throws a punch at Tyler Herro.\" class=\"wp-image-20732894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=769 769w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\"\/><figcaption>Jusuf Nurkic throws a punch at Tyler Herro.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Jusuf Nurkic after the altercation\" class=\"wp-image-20732895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/nurkic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jusuf Nurkic after the altercation<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Portland (14-23) hosts Cleveland (21-17) on Friday. The Heat (25-15) play Saturday at Phoenix (29-8). <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trail Blazers\u00a0center Jusuf Nurkic and Heat guard Tyler Herro\u2019s heated exchange turned physical in the fourth quarter of Miami\u2019s win against Portland\u00a0on Wednesday. Things escalated in the final minute of the game when Nurkic threw a punch at Herro, leading to both players being ejected after review. 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