MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Matt Barnes won the game but lost more money because of Knicks coach Derek Fisher.
Barnes’ war with Fisher cost him another $35,000 as league disciplinarian Kiki Vandeweghe came down harshly on the Grizzlies forward for saying on the morning of Saturday’s Grizzlies-Knicks contest that “violence’’ is “sometimes’’ justified.
Barnes already had lost $63,000 in wages from a two-game unpaid suspension for October’s attack on Fisher at the Los Angeles home of Gloria Govan, Barnes’ estranged wife, whom Fisher allegedly was dating.
The league called Barnes’ comments Saturday “inappropriate’’ and Vandeweghe is furious.