Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley said a fan told him "f--k your mother," leading him to throw a bounce pass at the fan and his subsequent ejection from Sunday's 114-110 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

"I told the referee, I told the security," Beverley told reporters. "I mean, I've never gotten ejected out of a game since I've been in the NBA. You know, I play hard, I play within the lines, of course. I play within the rules, of course. I've never been ejected in my career in the NBA, but I'm a grown man. I have morals. Of course, God is first, family is second for me, and I stand firmly behind that.

"I just, I can accept the 'F--k you, Beverley,' the 'F--k you, Pat,' but out of the lines of my mother, anybody who knows me, man, knows I'm a family-first guy, and there's some things that are unacceptable. After I told the refs, I told security, the Dallas security, told both of them and again, he said it again. So if no one going to control fans, what are we supposed to do as players?"

The fan, Don Knobler, told ESPN's Tim MacMahon he did make a comment about Beverley's mother, though he claims he did not use the expletive. Knobler, known for his eccentric wardrobe, said he called Beverley a "dirty player" in the exchange as well.

Beverley knocked out Dennis Smith Jr.'s tooth earlier in the contest while scrapping for a loose ball.

"This has happened to me twice," Beverley said. "It happened to me in OKC. A fan can just walk up on me and clap in my face. It happened to me here after I tried to handle it in a different way. I let the ref know, the ref said, 'Keep playing.' I get on a loose ball, have a guy dive from the 3-point line to jump on me, and then a guy says it again while security is there, so there's only so much you can take.

"Of course, I'm not praising me getting kicked out of a game. But I have morals, and I will stand for my morals, and family is important to me, and that's one of the morals I stand for."

Beverley was fined $25,000 for an incident with a Thunder fan during the 2017 playoffs while a member of the Houston Rockets. It's likely he will face some sort of punishment from the league office for this incident, though it's unclear if that will come in the form of a fine or suspension.

Because Beverley is a repeat offender, it's likely the punishment will eclipse the $25,000 fine he received in 2017.