Nic Claxton Faces One-Game Suspension Following Accumulation of Flagrant Foul Points

NEW YORK – Nic Claxton, the center for the Brooklyn Nets, has been handed a one-game suspension without pay for reaching his sixth Flagrant Foul point during the 2024-25 regular season, as announced today by Joe Dumars, the Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations.

Entering Monday’s game with five Flagrant Foul points, Claxton committed a Flagrant Foul 1 with 9:24 left in the fourth quarter of the Nets’ 107-99 defeat to the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena. He will begin serving his suspension tomorrow when the Nets face the Oklahoma City Thunder at Barclays Center.

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Below is the NBA’s system for Flagrant Foul points during the regular season:

A player will automatically be suspended for one game when their total exceeds five points at any time during the season, including for each subsequent Flagrant Foul committed thereafter.

To view Claxton’s Flagrant Foul, click here.