So, Howard’s story is he came down the sideline to argue an out of bounds call and Turgeon started pointing out to the refs he was out of the coaches’ box.
Howard said he sort of asked Turgeon, “Come on, are you really trying to make a big deal of me being out of the box?” Then Turgeon said something like “You can’t talk to me” or “don’t talk to me” and, as, Howard described it “Rushed at me.”
Howard said when Turgeon rushed him he reacted in a way he shouldn’t have and instincts kicked in. He apologized for his actions. Take it fwiw.