Morant said that he approached Nembhard after hearing him tell his father to shut up. That eventually led to more Pacers players intervening, including guard Chris Duarte.
"I heard my pops ask did he say shut up so I was trying to figure out who he was talking to. Obviously, I saw it was him so I approached him seeing what he was on. I checked his temperature, he didn't have a fever, then Duarte came over and tried to push me. I ended up breaking it up and I told him stop pushing me. He said he was cool and when his teammates came over, he started talking.
It's the second time this month that a verbal altercation involving the Grizzlies led to a fan being removed. On Jan. 20, Fox Sports analyst
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