OAKLAND, Calif. — Houston guard Chris Paul was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Monday for making contact with an official with 4.4 seconds left in a 104-100 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Paul was automatically ejected following his second technical Sunday. The league said his discipline — handed down by executive Kiki VanDeWeghe — was "for aggressively confronting and recklessly making contact with a game official," Josh Tiven. Paul would not say after the game whether he had indeed made contact with Tiven as it appeared on replays.