The NBA fined Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell $25,000 on Saturday for verbally abusing a recreation official.
His actions occurred on the court docket after the Lakers’ season-ending Sport 5 loss at Denver on Monday night time, the league mentioned.
Russell completed the 108-106 loss to the Nuggets with 14 factors on 6-of-15 taking pictures, 6 assists and 1 rebound. He averaged 14.2 factors, 4.2 assists and a couple of.8 rebounds in 5 video games within the Western Convention first-round collection.
The 28-year-old Russell averaged 18.0 factors and 6.3 assists and set a franchise document with 226 3-pointers in 76 video games (69 begins) within the common season.
