The NBA is coming down hard on Kyrie Irving for his antics in Boston. The Brooklyn Nets star is being fined $50,000 “for making obscene gestures on the playing court and directing profane language toward the spectator stands.” The news was posted to Twitter by 50,000 sportswriters who received the email at the same time.
Full statement from the league sanctions the Nets’ Irving “for making obscene gestures on the playing court and directing profane language toward the spectator stands” during Sunday’s Game 1 in Boston. https://t.co/PnSPLSdRpL pic.twitter.com/w8ueCBjZVY
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) April 19, 2022
Irving was going off on the Boston crowd on Saturday — middle fingers, expletives, crotch grabs, etc.