Overview
- The gesture occurred with just over four minutes remaining at Kaseya Center after a charging foul and drew an immediate technical.
- The NBA announcement described an "obscene gesture" without specifying a target, though video shows Ball appearing to flip off a referee.
- Ball finished with 20 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in the 144-117 defeat and did not return after the technical.
- It is his second career fine, following a $100,000 penalty in 2024 for offensive and derogatory language, according to prior league discipline.
- Through four games he is averaging 26.3 points, 9.5 assists and around 8 rebounds for the 2-2 Hornets under first-year head coach Charles Lee.