Thunder PG Westbrook avoids discipline for fan incident

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will not be disciplined by the NBA for a fan incident that happened immediately following the conclusion of Thursday night's game in Denver against the Nuggets.

Gary Harris of the Nuggets connected on a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Denver a 127-124 victory. Seconds later, Westbrook was walking off the court and a fan emerged in front of him and shouted something in his face and Westbrook shoved him.

A referee and arena usher intervened while Westbrook and teammate Steven Adams looked toward the fan in disgust.

After the contest, Westbrook strongly defended his actions.

"You've got to be able to protect the players," Westbrook told reporters. "You play the game, the fans obviously enjoy the game, but they can't come onto the floor. It's totally unacceptable. They'll look at it and figure out what's the best thing to do. To me that's just totally unacceptable."

According to ESPN, Denver police issued a summons and complaint for trespassing and the unidentified fan has been banned from future games.

--Field Level Media