Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and pivot Rudy Gobert on Friday were fined by the NBA for criticizing arbitration in Wednesday’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Mitchell, who was also reprimanded for his conduct on leaving the courtroom, received $ 25,000 in the statement from NBA executive vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe. Gobert was fined $ 20,000.
After Wednesday’s game, Michell, who was hit by technical fouls in two separate moves in the last minute of overtime and was sent off with 30.5 seconds left, said he was tired of Jazz being “screwed” by the referees, calling your the team games are refereed “fuck, ridiculous”.
As Mitchell left the court, he broke a water dispenser on the floor – described by VanDeWeghe on Friday as “reckless” – and then appeared to apologize to a security guard sitting next to him as he headed for the visitors’ locker room inside the Wells Fargo Center.
Gobert also joined the complaints after Wednesday’s game, leading to a fine.
“Our guys can’t get calls from everyone else in the league,” said Gobert on Wednesday. “We know that we are Utah Jazz, and some people may not want to see us go as far as we can go, but it is disappointing.
“Three times in a row, Mike Conley is going to the edge, and they are grabbing him right in front of the officers, and there are no calls. And on the other side, there are invisible calls being made.”