Overview
- Morant and Thompson exchanged words on the court after Memphis’ 102-96 win in Dallas, with teammates, coaches, and security stepping in to separate them.
- A new angle showed Morant pointing his finger in Thompson’s face, and he appeared to call the Mavericks veteran a “bum” as they were pulled apart.
- Morant, out with a calf strain, later crashed Cam Spencer’s postgame interview and said, “Tell ’em who the best shooter in the house was, it wasn’t bro from Golden State.”
- Thompson responded in the locker room, saying Morant offered “nothing of intelligent depth” and criticizing him for “running his mouth” and “rarely” taking accountability amid absences.
- The tension followed an in-game incident in which Santi Aldama was assessed a flagrant 1 for tripping rookie Cooper Flagg; Thompson led Dallas with 22 points but missed a late tying attempt, and no disciplinary actions had been announced.