Dallas center Kristaps Porzingis was fined $50,000 but not forced into quarantine by the NBA on Tuesday for attending a club one day after Dallas beat the Clippers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
One day after scoring 14 points in the Mavericks’ upset Saturday of the Clippers at Staples Center, Porzingis attended a club, according to the league, and in the process violated its health and safety protocols put in place this season to insulate the NBA from coronavirus.
Players are prohibited “from going into any bar, club, lounge or similar establishment, regardless of the player’s vaccination status,” league operations president Byron Spruell said in a statement.