NBA fines Heat star Jimmy Butler and team $15K for gesture
Jimmy Butler did not play in Recreation 5 of the Miami Heat‘s series-clinching win on Tuesday, however he did handle to get himself and his staff fined.
The NBA announced Thursday it’s fining Jimmy Butler $15,000 for making “an obscene gesture” on the Warmth’s bench throughout Recreation 5 of their first-round sequence in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks. The Warmth have additionally been fined $15,000 for posting a gif of the “gesture” to social media.
The Warmth’s tweet of the gif has since been deleted.
What kind of act might get each a participant and staff fined? This is a glance:
Butler had been out for the game due to a knee issue, however he appeared to have his enjoyable from the bench.
The Warmth managed with out each Butler and level guard Kyle Lowry, out since Game 3 with a hamstring strain. Behind 23 factors from a resurgent Victor Oladipo, the Warmth got here to life on the finish of the second quarter and held on for a 97-94 win.
Miami is now set to face the winner of the sequence between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers within the second spherical. With that sequence nonetheless going, Butler and Lowry ought to get a number of days to relaxation up.
