Thabo Sefolosha, the Atlanta Hawks basketball player who was knocked out of this year’s playoffs after he said the police broke his leg, was found not guilty by a Manhattan jury of all charges stemming from a confrontation with officers outside a nightclub in April.

The jury of three men and three women deliberated for only 45 minutes before finding Mr. Sefolosha not guilty of misdemeanor charges of obstructing governmental administration, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The charges arose from a disturbance outside the 1 Oak nightclub in Chelsea on April 8 at 4:30 a.m. as the police were trying to disperse a crowd after a stabbing.

Mr. Sefolosha, 31, was visibly relieved. He sat down, hung his head and began to weep, dabbing his eyes with a tissue and mouthing the words “Thank you” to jurors. Then he embraced his lawyer, Alex Spiro.

“This is just an incredible moment — to be able to clear my name,” Mr. Sefolosha said a few minutes later on the steps of the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building. “I just wanted truth to come out and justice to come out. I knew what happened that night and I feel like the world now knows as well.” Then he shook hands with four jurors who were waiting for him a short distance away.