The NBA announced Thursday afternoon that it fined the Brooklyn Nets $100,000 for violating the league's player participation policy by sitting several players for last week's home loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
After the league investigated the incident -- including an independent physician reviewing the matter -- it was determined four Nets rotation players who didn't play in that game "could have played under the medical standard in the Player Participation Policy, which was adopted prior to the season," the NBA said in a statement announcing the fine.
Brooklyn not only sat out four players -- Spencer Dinwiddie (rest), Dorian Finney-Smith (left knee soreness), Cam Johnson (right knee sprain/injury maintenance) and Nic Claxton (left ankle sprain/injury maintenance) -- for that game, which ultimately became a 144-122 loss to the Bucks on the second night of a back-to-back after beating the Detroit Pistons the night before - but Nets coach Jacque Vaughn didn't play any of Mikal Bridges, Cam Thomas or Royce O'Neale after the first quarter.