The incident occurred with 9:32 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Spurs’ 109-94 win over the Pacers on April 19 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Mills received a technical foul and has been fined $25,000 for his role in the altercation. Gay also received a technical foul and has been fined $20,000 for escalating the incident by shoving Sampson. Sampson’s actions resulted in a Flagrant Foul 2 and an automatic ejection. Sampson then furthered the altercation by aggressively confronting and headbutting Mills. It continued to the next possession when Mills made contact with Sampson and Sampson shoved Mills. The incident began when Sampson and Mills were battling for rebounding position. NEW YORK - Indiana Pacers forward JaKarr Sampson has been suspended one game without pay for headbutting San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills, and Mills and Spurs forward Rudy Gay have each been fined for their roles in an on-court altercation, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The following incident led to suspensions and fines for the Pacers and Spurs.
