Jamal Murray let his frustrations get the higher of him on Monday evening in the course of the second quarter of Sport 2 between the Timberwolves and Nuggets.
Dealing with a possible 0-2 gap within the Western Convention semifinals and already down 17 factors with just below 5 minutes to go within the first half, the refs appeared to overlook a possible journey name on Karl-Anthony Cities earlier than he tried a floater to increase the T-Wolves result in 19.
The Timberwolves ended up successful the sport 106-80 and Murray completed with simply eight factors.
The shot didn’t drop, however Minnesota pulled down its personal rebound and finally, Cities made a layup to make it 49-30, however on the identical time an object may very well be seen flying onto the courtroom.
The ref appeared to flinch when what was finally recognized as a warmth pack went whizzing by and a Nuggets participant shortly moved it off the courtroom as Denver tried to inbounds the ball.
The refs stopped the play momentarily and Reggie Miller on TNT broadcast shortly recognized Murray because the offender who let the warmth pack fly onto the courtroom.
Murray appeared to face up and gave the impression to be waving his hand angrily over the non-travel name on Cities when his arm flung ahead and the warmth pack went flying towards the sport motion.
It wasn’t abundantly clear that Murray had meant to launch the item onto the enjoying floor.
Murray didn’t get to reply questions concerning the incident, as he left the arena earlier than reporters obtained to talk to him.