NBA Fines Wizards’ Kuzma $15K; Grizzlies’ Brooks Docked $25K

WASHINGTON (AP) — The NBA has fined Washington Wizards guardant Kyle Kuzma $15,000 for directing an obscene motion toward a instrumentality and Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Dillon Brooks $25,000 for aggressively confronting a crippled authoritative and failing to permission the tribunal successful a timely mode upon his ejection.

The announcements were made Friday by Byron Spruell, the president of league operations.

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Kuzma’s incidental took spot successful the 4th fourth of the Wizards’ 119-116 overtime win over the Detroit Pistons connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Little Caesars Arena. Kuzma deed a 3 with 0.6 seconds near successful overtime to assistance the Wizards to the triumph and manus the Pistons their 10th consecutive loss.

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Brooks was assessed his 2nd method foul with 27.5 seconds remaining successful the 4th fourth of the Grizzlies’ 104-96 nonaccomplishment to the Dallas Mavericks connected Wednesday nighttime astatine FedExForum. He had to beryllium restrained by coaches and past directed to the locker room.

Brooks was unhappy with what helium called “inconsistent” officiating during the game. He said successful a quality league the officials were calling “ticky tack” fouls successful the archetypal half, past calling thing successful the 2nd half.

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