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After a fight between Scotty Pippen Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies and Myron Gardner of the Miami Heat, the NBA has announced punishments.

A combined 14 players were out for the Grizzlies vs. Jazz game on Feb. 20 as the NBA looks to combat perceptions of teams tanking.

The Memphis Grizzlies were unable to trade Ja Morant by the NBA trade deadline, and the two sides are expected to revisit talks this summer.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies guard Scotty Pippen Jr. and Miami Heat forward Myron Gardner $35,000 each on Monday for their scuffle in a game over the weekend. With 1:55 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 136-120 victory on Saturday night,

Memphis Grizzlies guard Scotty Pippen Jr. (1) shoots against Golden State Warriors guard Pat Spencer, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

The NBA trade deadline came and went on Feb. 5, and Ja Morant is still on the Memphis Grizzlies ' roster. That happened despite the fact that the Grizzlies had publicly been considering offers for Morant for weeks and made a major deal to trade fellow star Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Jazz just a few days before the trade deadline.

Then on Thursday, the Grizzlies dropped more bad news, revealing that backup guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is out for the season after undergoing surgery on his finger injury. "T