Three members of the Rockets were fined on Thursday, the NBA announced in a press release. Head coach Ime Udoka was docked $50K, forward Tari Eason was penalized $35K, and center Alperen Sengun received a $15K fine.
All three members of the organization were fined for incidents that occurred on Tuesday, when Houston lost by nine points in Sacramento. Udoka and Sengun each received a pair of technical fouls and were ejected with just under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
According to the league, Udoka was fined for “confronting and directing profane language toward a game official, failing to leave the court in a timely manner after being ejected and public criticism of the officiating during his postgame press conference.”
Sengun was hit with a less severe fine for “directing inappropriate language toward a game official.”
The NBA says Eason was fined for a postgame incident in which he threw a towel and directed inappropriate language toward a fan in the spectator stands. However, Sam Amick of The Athletic is surprised the league failed to mention the fact that Eason tried to enter the stands to confront the heckling fan and had to be held back by security officials.
