Mike Budenholzer received a $25,000 fine from the NBA for making contact with an official during Saturday's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Mike Budenholzer will be $25,000 lighter in the wallet after the league levied a large fine on him Monday for making contact with official Ben Taylor during the second quarter of Saturday's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Budenholzer was immediately ejected but maintained that any contact that he made with Taylor was purely incidental.
The league wasted little time levying a fine on Budenholzer, but that was not enough for the National Basketball Referees Association who thought he should have been suspended.