Anthony Davis earned his first career ejection on Wednesday night and with it he earned his first career fine from the NBA on Friday.
The New Orleans Pelicans star made the most of his initial foray into handing back money to the National Basketball Association, getting into it with officials and failing to leave the court in a timely manner after he got his second technical foul in a 120-102 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday.
Two days later, the NBA announced the first fine of his career, and it was a pretty big one.
NBA has fined New Orleans' Anthony Davis $25K for verbally abusing ref and failing to leave the court after ejection on Wednesday.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 1, 2017
No one seems particularly angry about the play that earned Davis an ejection. Other than, well, Davis himself. He was upset about a no-call in the post and yelled at an official, drawing the initial technical foul. He was clearly upset about it and continued to argue until another foul was called on him, then the second technical was called and he was ejected.
Here’s a video of the incident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVuF-0VVGcU
Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau was essentially sympathetic after the game.
“That play was a hard play to officiate,” Thibodeau told reporters according to ESPN. “Because of the size of DeMarcus [Cousins], Anthony and Karl-Anthony Towns, it can get pretty physical in there. You can probably call a foul on any play when those guys are matched up against each other.”
Davis won’t miss any time because of the incident, but the fine is pretty significant. Maybe it keeps him cooler on the court in the future.
