On April 27, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs are in a fierce battle, but during this period, the league also announced a number of fines, just announced 2 fines yesterday, and this time there are tickets again. Referee blows have become the focus of this playoffs, this time The Suns coach Monty was dissatisfied with the referee's blow and was also fined by the league; the other was from Cousins, who was fined for kicking towels at spectators.
The NBA officially announced that Suns coach Monty Williams was fined $15,000 for publicly criticizing the referee in a post-game G4 interview.
Like Embiid and Jenkins, they were all public critics of the referees, and the amount of fines was the same, but it was also quite standard. After that game, Monty said: "Today's free throw ratio is 15 of us, they have 42, which is unimaginable in the playoffs. As a coach, I came to the microphone after the game to tell the truth, and I hope I don't get penalized for saying that. In the end, Monty did not escape the fate of being punished.
As Monty said, as a manager, you really need to stand up, and the blow penalties in that game were indeed a bit unbalanced, with the Pelicans scoring 42 free throws and the Suns only having 15, and the gap was still a bit large. The number of penalties blown in the playoffs has increased significantly, and the Warriors and Nuggets' G4 have blown a total of 58 fouls, directly breaking the NBA playoff foul record. I thought that in the playoffs, more physical contact would be allowed, but now it seems that this is not the case.
NBA officials announced today that Nuggets player Cousins was fined $15,000 for kicking towels to spectators against the Warriors G4.
Cousins is really unpopular in the eyes of the referee, and sometimes without words or actions, he will be blown for technical fouls. In the last game, he was once again unhappy with the referee's blowing, but instead of expressing it on the court, he kicked the towel directly when he walked to the bench, which also cost him $15,000.