LeBron James was fined $15,000 for an obscene gesture Friday by the NBA, which also warned the Lakers superstar about using profane language.
James made the gesture after making a shot late in Los Angeles’ 124-116 overtime victory in Indiana on Wednesday night.
The NBA has fined LeBron James $15,000 for making an “obscene gesture” during the Lakers’ win over Indiana pic.twitter.com/7Wqts1RklV
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 27, 2021
$15,000 is nothing for him. Chinese communists pay him well.
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He had missed a loss at New York a night earlier after he was suspended one game for hitting Detroit center Isaiah Stewart in the face and drawing blood last Sunday. He used profanity in his postgame interview after the victory in Indiana when discussing the suspension.
Also Friday, the NBA fined Portland’s Robert Covington $15,000 for throwing his facemask at a referee Wednesday. He was given a technical foul and ejected for that action, with 49 seconds left in the second quarter of the Trail Blazers’ 125-121 loss at Sacramento.
Refs shit their pants as they eject Robert Covington pic.twitter.com/HIGS2n1AaR
— hoops bot (@hoops_bot) November 25, 2021
This is the scene after LeBron elbowed Isaiah Stewart in the eye last week:
LeBron and Isaiah Stewart get into it 😳
Wow. pic.twitter.com/VJFntCo6cY
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 22, 2021
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