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NBA slaps fines for Butler, Morris Game 5 actions

The Miami Heat may have won Game 5 of their first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night and advanced to the second round. But the NBA doled out fines for two things Jimmy Butler and Markieff Morris — neither of whom played that night — did.

After Max Strus made a 3-pointer during the Heat’s 17-0 second quarter run, Butler thrusted his hips suggestively. The Miami Heat’s official Twitter account posted a clip of it. The NBA deemed it an “obscene gesture” and fined both Butler and the Heat $15,000.

New story: Both Jimmy Butler and the Heat have been fined $15,000 for Butler thrusting his hips suggestively -- and the Heat posting a clip of it to their social media --during Miami's closeout win over Atlanta https://t.