The NBA fined Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd $25,000 for strolling onto the court docket to “confront and direct inappropriate language toward a game official” on Monday night time.
Kidd was assessed two technical fouls and ejected from the sport on the two-minute mark of the third quarter of the Mavericks‘ 116-106 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis.
The second-year coach was ejected after his celebrity, Luka Doncic, additionally obtained two technicals and an ejection for barking at an official. Kidd declined to take questions after the sport however supplied a ready assertion.
“I’m here because I have to be here,” Kidd stated, referring to the NBA’s media necessities. “I already gave up money (with the technicals), so I don’t want to give up any more. So, no questions. Just, we’ll go back and look at the tape, see how we can get better. They were the better team tonight, and we’ll go from there. Thanks for showing up.”
