NEW YORK – Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson has been fined $50,000 for aggressively pursuing, berating, and making inadvertent contact with a game official, it was announced today by James Jones, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations.
The incident, for which Atkinson was assessed his second technical foul of the game and ejected, occurred with 10:59 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Cavaliers’ 126-113 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Jan. 30 at Mortgage Matchup Center.
