Overview
- Brisbane’s Terry Taylor received a two-game suspension for a headlock, eligible to be reduced to one game with an early guilty plea.
- Seven players and two assistant coaches were charged with minor offenses and fined $775 each, reducible to $585 with early pleas.
- Adelaide’s Nick Rakocevic was cited for unsportsmanlike behaviour, and accepting the downgraded fine would activate a previously suspended one-game ban.
- The confrontation began with a box-out tussle between Hunter Maldonado and Rakocevic that spilled into courtside seats, after which Taylor intervened; referees later awarded Adelaide four free throws.
- Adelaide’s victory secured a Feb. 22 Ignite Cup final berth against the New Zealand Breakers, as both clubs continued to dispute who instigated the altercation.