Indiana Pacers forward Paul George has been fined $35,000 for public criticism of officiating and using profanity in a live television interview, the NBA announced Saturday.
"The stripes (were) terrible," George told the team's local TV station, Fox Sports Indiana after the Pacers' 104-97 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. "We (had to) go out and just play. The way this game was going and how they (were) calling it, we had to play. ... It's frustrating, but hopefully the league does a better job of looking at s--- like this.