Oklahoma City Thunder centre Steven Adams has apologised for referring to the Golden State Warriors' players as "quick little monkeys".
The New Zealander made the comment in a post-match interview after Thunder's victory over the Warriors in game one of the NBA Western Conference Finals.
"It was just a poor choice of words," said Adams, 22, who scored 16 points in Monday's win.
"I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't know it was going to upset anyone."
The Thunder had been down by as many as 14 points but came back to stun the Warriors in the first game of the best-of-seven series.
The Warriors set the NBA record for most wins in a regular season with 73 and have the league's most valuable player Steph Curry, who scored 26 points against the Thunder.
Adams, who moved to the United States to attend the University of Pittsburgh in 2012, blamed differences in dialect for his comments.
"I was just trying to express how difficult it was chasing those guys around," Adams told USA Today.
"Different words, different expressions, and stuff like that. But they obviously can be taken differently, depending on which country you're in. I'm assimilating, mate, still trying to figure out the boundaries. But I definitely overstepped them tonight." see more >> http://www.bbc.com/sport/basketball/36309770
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