On April 14, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to unfold, this time will be a showdown between the ninth and tenth, and the winners of the two teams will also need to decide the eighth seat with the losers of the seventh and eighth. Off the court, the NBA announced a heavy fine, Nuggets player Campazzo was banned for one game, and Lakers player Ellington was fined $20,000 for post-game remarks.
The scene occurred in the second quarter of the Lakers' game against the Nuggets, when Campazzo broke through the layup and fell directly to the bottom line, perhaps because the referee did not blow fouls, and he was a little embarrassed. Returning to the court to directly overturn Ellington, who was grabbing a rebound in the slot, it can be seen from the camera that it was not Ellington who fouled him, but McClon. The referee then looked back at the video and expelled Campazzo directly.
For this malicious foul by Campazzo, the league also conducted an investigation, and today gave the result of the penalty. The NBA has officially announced that Nuggets guard Campazo will be suspended for maliciously bringing down Ellington in the regular season finale, and he will miss the team's G1 against the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.
A one-game suspension would mean campazzo would lose his salary for that one, almost $20,517, and Ellington was fined for a word on social media.
After that game, Ellington updated social media, writing: "When I see you, I'll beat you, Campazzo. ”
Because of this sentence, Ellington was also punished by the league, and was fined $20,000, similar to Campazzo, which was a bit too much to lose. Ellington played well in that game, scoring 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block on 6-of-10 shooting. Campazzo played just eight minutes, scoring 3 points, 4 assists and 2 steals on 1-of-4 shooting.