Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome was fined $25K by the NBA on Monday for public criticism of the officiating, the league introduced in a press launch.
The feedback that acquired Jerome in bother got here after the Cavaliers eked out a 133-129 extra time win in opposition to Portland on Sunday.
The sport featured a complete of 53 fouls and 70 free throws between the 2 groups, far above their common charges, and Jerome was requested after the win how tough it was to get right into a rhythm.
“Yeah, I believed the refs have been actually dangerous tonight,” he mentioned. “Particularly Natalie (Sago), she was actually dangerous. So when stuff like that occurs, they sort of lose management of the sport and also you’ve simply acquired to maintain your head. I believed that first half was ridiculous, third quarter was horrendous.”
A $25K wonderful isn’t important so far as potential penalties from the NBA go, but it surely’s extra significant for Jerome than it will be for a lot of gamers — his $2,560,975 wage this season is effectively under the league common.
After lacking practically all of final season as a result of an ankle harm, Jerome has had a formidable bounce-back 12 months in 2024-25 and is in competition for Sixth Man of the Yr honors. In 56 video games (two begins) for the East-leading Cavs, he has averaged 12.0 factors, 3.4 assists and a couple of.6 rebounds in 19.5 minutes per sport, with a taking pictures line of .516/.449/.889.
