Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has been fined $35K, whereas Nets middle Nic Claxton has been fined $25K, the NBA introduced Saturday in a pair of press releases (Twitter hyperlinks).
Mazzulla was hit along with his wonderful for “aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language” towards a referee in Boston’s loss to the Bulls on Thursday. The Celtics’ coach got here onto the courtroom on the finish of the sport and needed to be held again by his assistants and a safety guard as he yelled at official Justin Van Duyne (Twitter video hyperlink).
Mazzulla was believed to be upset about technical fouls assessed to him, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in the course of the fourth quarter of the loss, however he provided a deadpan response when requested throughout his post-game media session about what he was saying to Van Duyne and the opposite referees.
“I simply hadn’t seen them shortly, so only a Merry Christmas, completely happy holidays,” Mazzulla stated (Twitter video hyperlink). “I wasn’t certain I used to be going to see them earlier than the vacation. I simply can’t let a second go by the place you would like somebody simply the most effective to them and theirs and their households.”
As for Claxton, he earned his $25K wonderful for throwing the basketball into the spectator stands throughout Brooklyn’s win over Toronto on Thursday.
That incident occurred within the second quarter — after being fouled by Kelly Olynyk, the Nets middle tossed the ball into the group, seemingly annoyed a few non-call on the earlier possession. He earned an ejection and in addition gave the impression to be on the verge of throwing a seat cushion earlier than assistant coach Juwan Howard intervened (Twitter video hyperlink). Claxton admitted after the sport that he must do a greater job of conserving his feelings in examine on the courtroom.
“Yeah, he is aware of he needs to be higher, particularly this one,” head coach Jordi Fernandez stated, per Brian Lewis of The New York Submit. “You possibly can management your frustrations. That’s no motive to do this. I perceive that all of us have feelings, however the staff wants him. His teammates want him, and he is aware of it. And that’s why he’s going to come back again and work and be higher.”
