Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff was fined $20,000 by the NBA on Friday for his behavior while being ejected from a game this week.
Bickerstaff received two technical fouls and was tossed — for the first time as Cleveland's coach — by referee Natalie Sago in the third quarter of Monday night's 199-98 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
The league fined Bickerstaff for using inappropriate language toward the officiating crew and not leaving the court “in a timely manner.”
Bickerstaff was angered by several calls and erupted with 8:36 left in the third quarter after Cavs forward Cedi Osman was whistled for a blocking foul.