Pelicans' Jeremiah Fears held back, escorted off court as fight breaks out at the buzzer with Thunder's Lu Dort
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Things got extremely heated at the final buzzer at the Paycom Center on Tuesday night.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort and New Orleans Pelicans guard Jeremiah Fears had to be separated after they got into a shoving match on the final play of the game — which sparked a massive scuffle under the basket that took quite a while for officials and coaches to calm down.
Dort appeared to foul Fears, who was going up for a layup right at the end of the Thunder’s 104-95 win over the Pelicans. That didn’t sit well with Fears, who immediately got into Dort’s face. Quickly, things escalated.
LU DORT & FEARS FIGHT 👀👀 pic.twitter.com/GRGeM2G59M— Logion Noops (@LogionNoops) January 28, 2026
Lu Dort and Jeremiah Fears going at it at after the buzzer pic.twitter.com/ZI4F2UO0OV— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) January 28, 2026
Fears had to be held back repeatedly, and was even seen being escorted to the tunnel while still trying to get back to Dort to continue fighting. It's unclear what was said between Dort and Fears, but Pelicans president Joe Dumars even had to get on the court to get involved.
They had to push Fears off the court
He got into it with Dort there at the end.
Joe Dumars had to get on the court to get him off
Not seen this before pic.twitter.com/y2VuD9LN9E— Andrew Schlecht (@AndrewKSchlecht) January 28, 2026
But as the game was over, there were no technical fouls to be dished out. It’s unclear if the league will hand down any punishment in the coming days.
Dort finished with 12 points and eight rebounds in the win for the Thunder. All dozen of his points came from behind the 3-point line, too. Fears added seven points and two rebounds off the bench for the Pelicans.
The Thunder led the entire way in the second half to pick up the nine-point win at home, which snapped a two-game losing skid. They now sit at 38-10 on the season.
This post will be updated with more information shortly.
