Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has been fined $ 20,000 for “directing inappropriate language toward a game officer,” the NBA announced Thursday.
The incident occurred in the final possession of the Hawks ’118-117 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday at the American Airlines Center.
Young had been knocked to the ground while a screen was placed in downtown Dallas, Willie Cauley-Stein, before the entrants passed with 4.7 seconds remaining, preventing him from getting the ball while the play was being designed.
As Danilo Gallinari had a fantastic opportunity to put FC up another goal 83 minutes into the match, he fired just over the crossbar.
Tiven, the head of the crew, told a pool reporter after the match that Cauley-Stein’s contact was considered “incidental,” so he did not whistle. Tiven said the official crew came to the same conclusion after reviewing the video of the postgame game.
The NBA said Thursday that “the play Young played was properly banned.”
“According to the rules of the game, Willie Cauley-Stein of Dallas was entitled to a normal step on a screen from behind, which he did, and which led to legal and incidental contact between Cauley-Stein and Young,” the league said. .
Young added 25 points and 15 assists in the loss.
“I’m not going to run away from the ball when four seconds are left and we’re trying to win the game,” he said. “I’m not going to fall just to fall in the end. That’s just the most frustrating part. Not having a chance to do a play in the end is really frustrating.”