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Jordan Clarkson fined $25K for contact with an official

According to Bobby Marks, Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson has been fined $25k for his contact with an official during yesterday’s game against the Phoenix Suns.

$25K fine for Jordan Clarkson as a result of making contact with an official.

Here’s the video of the incident:https://t.co/oeLSDOrCO2— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) January 2, 2021

Obviously players shouldn’t make any sort of contact with an official, and some sort of punishment is warranted here, but this feels a bit excessive.

In what was a pivotal moment in the game, Clarkson made a steal and while making the play one of the officials was in the way and he and Clarkson collided causing the ball to go out of bounds.