LeBron James, Two Others, Fined For Exaggerating Impact of Personal Fouls in Heat-Pacers Playoff Game
What is this, soccer?
The NBA handed down a flurry of discipline for flopping and flagrant fouls from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, including a $5,000 fine to LeBron James.
Both James and David West were fined $5,000 for flopping on the same play from the fourth quarter of the Indiana Pacers' win over theMiami Heat on Tuesday. West was fighting for position on the play, and both recoiled when there was contact in the lane.
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There was, for a very short time, a rule in the NFL about kickers taking a dive. Sorta like this, it made the refs into theater critics.
Being a 9er fan, I saw it called on Ray Wersching, and never saw it called again; pretty sure the ref was embarrassed.