The NBA is fining Charlotte's LaMelo Ball $35,000 for his trip of Miami's Bam Adebayo and upgrading the action to a Flagrant, plus fining him $25,000 for cursing postgame, sources tell ESPN.
$60K in fines, Flagrant. No suspension.
"To be honest, there's a lot of things that go on that you guys don't see. A lot of things we talk about, a lot of things we do that we don't even say publicly. For a reason - because we want to keep everything in-house. We're all we got, no matter what"
- Jalen Brunson
The Hawks played audio of the Madison Square Garden organist and crowd noise at practice today to ready for the atmosphere. "It was like Madison Square Garden in Atlanta today," CJ McCollum told reporters there.