NBA fines Sacramento Kings train Mike Brown $25,000 following ejection vs. Toronto Raptors

Story with the aid of using Jason Anderson, The Sacramento Bee • Friday

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Kings train Mike Brown controlled to keep away from fines in advance this season while he publicly criticized officers for errors that fee his group the possibility to win games. This time, he pays a price.

Brown has been fined $25,000 for the outburst that brought about his ejection in a 124-123 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena, Joe Dumars, the NBA`s government vice chairman and head of basketball operations, introduced Friday. The league stated Brown became fined for “aggressively pursuing and directing profane language in the direction of a sport official.”

Brown became incensed following a series wherein Terence Davis became known as for a capturing foul and De`Aaron Fox became assessed a technical foul for disagreeing with officers. Brown selected to take in the argument himself, charging onto the courtroom docket to confront officers Zach Zarba and Brent Haskill.

Players and coaches needed to preserve Brown again at some point of a profanity-laced tirade that led to 2 technical fouls, ensuing in an automated ejection with 9:09 final withinside the 1/3 quarter. The Kings trailed with the aid of using 9 after Raptors protect Fred VanVleet made all 5 loose throws — 3 for technical fouls and extra for the capturing foul on Davis — however they rallied to choose up a massive street win over the Raptors.

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