Jared Dudley and Jimmy Butler also fined following ejections
Monday 22 April 2019 07:13, UK
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks has been suspended for one game without pay and fined $25,000 for entering the officials' locker room after Saturday's Game 4 playoff defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Marks will serve the suspension on Tuesday when the Nets, who trail 3-1, visit the 76ers in Game 5.
The announcement by Byron Spruell, president of NBA league operations, did not divulge what occurred after Marks entered the room following Brooklyn's 112-108 loss.
The incident followed an emotionally charged contest that included a ruckus in which Jared Dudley of the Nets and Jimmy Butler of the 76ers were ejected.
The league also announced fines of $25,000 for Dudley and $15,000 for Butler for their roles in escalating the third-quarter fracas, which spilled into the stands.
Nets coach Kenny Atkinson was upset following the game that there was not a call on Philadelphia's Tobias Harris for grabbing Brooklyn's Jarrett Allen with 4.8 seconds left, as his club looked for a tying or winning shot while trailing by two. "There was a clear wrap by Tobias Harris on the roll," Atkinson said in the postgame press conference, pointing out the league cited an emphasis that such fouls were to be called.
"How that all of a sudden does not become a foul on a wrap, I just don't understand. I looked at the clip 10 times, it's a clear wrap."
On Sunday, the NBA agreed with Atkinson's contention, acknowledging Harris should have been called for fouling Allen.
The league's Last Two Minute Report also said Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie should have been called for a carry. Brooklyn finished that possession with a three-pointer by D'Angelo Russell, after Dinwiddie missed a layup and Allen grabbed an offensive rebound.
