Noah Clowney and Julian Reese draw offsetting technicals in a late scrum as the Nets rout the Pelicans, and Court iQ turns a Day’Ron Sharpe two into a three

Brooklyn led New Orleans by 38 points with less than five minutes left on Wednesday night, and four players still ended up with technical fouls. Noah Clowney and Julian Reese went face to face after a tangle under the basket, a scrum formed along the baseline, and the referees gave offsetting technicals to Clowney, Reese, Brooklyn’s Terance Mann and New Orleans’ Jaron Pierre Jr. in the Nets’ 145-111 win at Smoothie King Center.

Earlier in the game, the league’s Replay Center used its Court iQ tracking system to change one of Day’Ron Sharpe’s third-quarter baskets from a two into a three. As of noon Thursday, Cairo time, the league had not announced any further discipline from the game.

The scrum

It started with 4:46 left in the fourth quarter and Brooklyn ahead 135-97. Clowney and Reese were fighting for position on a free-throw rebound when Clowney went to the floor. Replays showed Reese shoving him and Clowney grabbing Reese’s arm as he fell. Clowney got up and went straight at Reese. Teammates and officials stepped between them, and the group spilled toward the baseline.

Noah Clowney gets into it with Julian Reese. Both players pick up technicals, as do Terance Mann and Jaron Pierre Jr.

Really incredible how many altercations Clowney's been involved in this season. pic.twitter.com/yycK8mPVSa

— Erik Slater (@ErikSlater_) November 12, 2026

The referees, a crew of Zach Zarba, Scott Twardoski and John Butler, called a loose-ball foul on Reese for the rebounding contact, then issued the four technicals. Because the technicals offset, neither team got a free throw for them. Clowney made one of two free throws for the loose-ball foul. Reese, who is on a two-way contract with New Orleans, made two free throws on the next trip after he drew a loose-ball foul himself.

Under league rules, a player’s first five technical fouls of the regular season each bring a $2,000 fine. Nobody was ejected, and no flagrant foul was called in the scrum.

This is not the first time Clowney has been in one of these this season. He had a run-in with Dallas rookie Morez Johnson Jr. last weekend and an exchange with center Mitchell Robinson in October. He scored 16 points in 19 minutes on Wednesday. Earlier in the fourth quarter, Zion Williamson was called for a Flagrant 1 against Egor Demin, who made all three free throws.

Court iQ turns a two into a three

In the third quarter, the Replay Center reviewed a Sharpe jumper that the officials on the floor had ruled a two-point field goal. Using Court iQ, the replay officials overturned that ruling and credited Sharpe with a three. Sharpe made two threes in the quarter as Brooklyn stretched its lead past 25 points. He finished with 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting, 5 assists and 4 blocks in 19 minutes.

During Q3 of tonight's #BKNatNOP game, Replay Center officials utilized @NBA Court iQ to overturn the initial ruling of a 2-point field goal by Brooklyn's Day'Ron Sharpe to a 3-point field goal. pic.twitter.com/tMrRSulmOF

— NBA Official (@NBAOfficial) November 12, 2026

Court iQ is the league’s tracking system for checking whether a shooter’s foot was on or behind the three-point line. Replay officials used it six times in the first week of the season alone, three in each direction, as we noted in our October roundup of flopping fines and Court iQ reviews.

Also awaiting the league: Marcus Smart

The bigger discipline question from Wednesday came in Houston. Marcus Smart was ejected on a Flagrant 2 for throwing a punch at Charles Bassey with 21 seconds left in the third quarter of the Rockets’ 115-108 win over Golden State. The rulebook says a player who throws a punch, whether or not it connects, is ejected once replay confirms it and suspended for at least one game. As of noon Thursday, Cairo time, the league had not announced a decision.

For more on how the Pelicans’ defense got to this point, see our step-by-step look at New Orleans allowing 139, 138 and 145 points in three games. We will update league rulings from Wednesday’s games, including any Smart suspension and the night’s last-two-minute reports, on our Around the league page.