The NBA, which has doled out a number of fines during this postseason, added Markieff Morris to that list on Thursday.
The Heat forward has been docked $25K for interfering with live game play while on the bench, in violation of league rules, according to a press release. Morris’ infraction occurred during Game 5, when Miami closed out its series against Atlanta.
Morris, who was not in the game at the time, grabbed and held Hawks guard De’Andre Hunter out of bounds, which prevented Hunter from completely reestablishing himself inbounds as he caught a pass from a teammate. Morris received an unsportsmanlike technical foul for his actions, which occurred during the third quarter.
Earlier in the day, the league fined Jimmy Butler and the Heat organization $15K apiece. Butler made an obscene gesture, which the Heat posted on social media.
Morris was fined $50K for a dust-up with Denver’s Nikola Jokic in November.
Joker didn’t smash him good enough
Jokic on Cancun again wow Morris is competing for his second championship. (Levels) thankfully Joker leaned his lesson.
*Learned
Too true, too true!
Jokic is a legend, Morris the worst clown in the league.
BTW he ain’t competing for anything as he ain’t playing, right?
Jokic isn’t a legend lol a great player yes but a legend is way to far. Morris isn’t a clown and he would’ve be playing but Jokic did a cheap shot and hurt him so he didn’t have time to build chemistry.
That should be a lot larger fine. It’s a different sport but Tomlin got fined $100k for grabbing Jacoby Jones in a none playoff game.
True, but in the grand scheme of things, Morris might have prevented 2 points, which is equivalent to about 2% of what’s scored in a basketball game.
Compare this to Tomlin, who might have prevented a touchdown, which would represent over 20% of the expected point total in a football game.
Different magnitude of manipulation in my mind
Shocked he could interfere from his coma. Thought he was on life support after he took a cheap shot at Jokic.
It wasn’t a cheap shot lol
Kind of love that Heat posted Jimmys air hump
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Worth $30k