Overview
- Kevin Durant and Bruce Brown engaged in a third-quarter verbal confrontation that required separation during Houston’s 115–101 win in Denver.
- Durant acknowledged he “wanted to cross the line,” calling the back-and-forth part of the game and adding, “Some people can talk and play. Some people can’t.”
- Brown said Durant’s words were disrespectful, asserting there are “certain things you don’t say to another man,” and said he wished fighting were allowed.
- Durant led all scorers with 31 points as Houston evened the tone of the season series; the teams meet again in Denver on March 11.
- Social-media lip-reading clips circulated alleging Durant told Brown, “That’s not your shot, you a bum,” and used a vulgar insult, though the specifics remain unverified and no league discipline has been reported.