NBA Playoffs Nets-Bucks: Jrue Holiday Speaks About Security Guard Involved In Kevin Durant-P.J. Tucker Scuffle

P.J. Tucker and Kevin Durant got into a scuffle in Game 3.

Kevin Durant and P.J. Tucker got into a scuffle during Game 3 between the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks (video can be seen from ESPN Tweet below).

Kevin Durant and PJ Tucker got right into each other's faces. pic.twitter.com/wB4IvtAUxv

— ESPN (@espn) June 11, 2021

A security guard got involved in the scuffle and made contact with Tucker.

According to Marc Stein, the NBA has announced that the security guard has been sanctioned for the contact he made with Tucker.

The NBA says that the Brooklyn Nets security official who made contact with the Bucks’ P.J. Tucker on Thursday night will not work any remaining games of this series in Milwaukee and will not be assigned to the court area in Brooklyn during this series.

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 12, 2021

Jrue Holiday of the Bucks spoke about the incident, and his quote can be seen below from Brian Lewis of the New York Post.

Jrue Holiday, who knows both Kevin Durant & KD's bodyguard: “I guess my man was doing his job. But he bumped Tuck kinda hard so I don’t know if he’s supposed to do that…I feel like its something the league has to deal with or the teams have to deal with.” #Nets #Bucks #NBA

— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) June 12, 2021

The Brooklyn Nets are 2-point favorites on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday for Game 4, according to FanDuel.

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