"Just lost in the competition. But shook his hand, [said] 'great game' and I apologized that that happened. I didn't mean to hit him in the face. But when I go over screens and stuff like that, my arms are just everywhere, and then unfortunately I just hit him in the face."
"I didn't think it was a flagrant 1. Unnecessary means I did [it] on purpose, which I didn't. It was over since last time. There remained any hard feelings."
"Lu acknowledged the play was unnecessary. I don't think my [postgame] comments, if I'm being honest, helped. Daigneault said before Monday night's game that he regretted his initial dismissive reaction."
Luguentz Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder committed his second flagrant foul against Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic in two weeks during Monday night's 129-126 Thunder victory. In this instance, Dort swung his arm while navigating a Jokic screen and struck Jokic in the face, resulting in a flagrant 1 call. Dort apologized to Jokic after the game, stating he lost in the competition but didn't intentionally commit the foul. Jokic indicated no lingering hard feelings from this incident, contrasting with his reaction to Dort's earlier trip on February 27, which sparked a center court confrontation. Thunder coach Mark Daigneault acknowledged regretting his initial dismissive response to the first incident.
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