Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant was fined $25,000 for “directing obscene language toward a fan”, the NBA announced Friday. The incident took place at the end of the Nets’ loss to the Dallas Mavericks at Barclays Center in New York City on Wednesday.

The fine was announced by Byron Spruell, the president of league operations. 

A video of the incident shared on social media shows a fan near the baseline telling Durant, “You got to take this game over”, as the Nets’ 113-111 loss. Durant responded, “You got to shut the f–k up and sit down”.

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As the video started going viral, it was viewed by Durant, who tweeted, “Damn smh [shaking my head]”, along with a picture of a woman handing over money, implying that he certainly expects to receive a fine from the league, which could be five figures.

This is the second time the NBA has fined Durant for verbally abusing a fan this season.

In December 2021, Durant was fined $25,000 for an in-game interaction with a court-side fan in Atlanta. Video of that incident was also posted to social media.

The fan appears to tell Durant to “stop crying” to which Durant responded “shut yo a– up m———-r”.

Earlier this year, Durant’s comments raised eyebrows when he spoke out after the Nets lost the second leg of a back-to-back cross-country trip in January. The Nets won an overtime game against San Antonio in Brooklyn, then flew to Portland and lost the next day.

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“Who cares? It’s a part of the game. It’s a part of who were are,” Durant told reporters, according to Yahoo Sports. “We’ve been in the league. We’ve got young dudes, who cares, they supposed to go get up and play. They throw s— at you, you’ve got to figure out how to work around it. We still had an opportunity to win this game, you know? So who cares. That’s what championship teams go through: a little adversity. They play little games within a season to help you get better. It’s an opportunity for us to do the same thing.”

Following the comments, the NBA fined Durant $15,000 for “using profane language in a media interview and failing to comply with an NBA Security interview as part of the review process.”