DALLAS, Texas, December 9, 2009 (AFP) - Dallas Mavericks forward Tim Thomas was at a Dallas restaurant when a fight broke out Wednesday linked to a dispute between him and another patron.

Damien Pettie, 29, told police he approached Thomas and a group of people at a Denny's 24-hour restaurant at about 3 am and said, "Hey, what's up?" to the player.

Thomas responded by swearing at Pettie and using racial and gay slurs, according to the police report.

Pettie swore back, and told police that at that point he was hit in the face by someone in Thomas' party.

"Then all parties within both groups began to throw chairs, knock over tables and fight each other," the report said.

The fight broke up when the manager said he had called police. Thomas and his group left before officers arrived.

No one was arrested, and it wasn't clear whether police planned to pursue the case.