A somewhat bad night for Austin Rivers has turned worse as the NBA has fined the fourth-year shooting guard $25,000 for slinging a seat cushion into the stands at Sleep Train Arena and hitting a fan.
NBA announces it has fined Austin Rivers $25,000 for throwing seat cushion into stands and hitting fan Wednesday night in Sacramento.
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) October 29, 2015
Here is video of Rivers’ toss, with a clear showing of the cushion making impact with a fan:
I, for one, can’t understand what Rivers had going on here, outside of the obvious where he allowed his frustrations to reach a level of stupidity.