Zaza Pachulia was fined $15,000 by the NBA for smacking Luke Babbitt in the face during the Warriors’ 105-102 loss to the Miami Heat on Monday night.
Zaza starting to get cocky, straight up slaps Luke Babbitt while running up court pic.twitter.com/NvfHaNvfR8
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Pachulia was assessed a flagrant 1 foul and Babbitt received a technical for the incident which occurred in the fourth quarter with 6:51 remaining.
The flagrant was the second issued to Pachulia in the last four games, earning the other with a hard foul on Russell Westbrook in the Warriors’ 121-100 victory over the Thunder on Wednesday. Pachulia also stood over Westbrook after the incident, leading Westbrook to say that he will be coming for Zaza the next time to two teams face each other. Pachulia has stated the foul was payback for an earlier elbow.