In Brief : NBA Fines 5 Players for Fighting

Jay Humphries of Milwaukee and Scott Skiles of Indiana were among five players fined by the NBA today for fights that broke out in Tuesday night’s games.

Humphries was fined $5,000 and Skiles was fined $3,000 for fighting. Humphries threw the ball at Skiles after Skiles fouled him and then punched Skiles.

Skiles was fined for charging Humphries and for fighting with him during the fourth quarter of Milwaukee’s 120-107 victory.

Charles Oakley of the New York Knicks was fined $2,000 and Glenn Rivers of the Atlanta Hawks $1,500 for fighting during the fourth quarter of Atlanta’s 128-126 victory over New York. Oakley was found to have started the fight.

Akeem Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets was fined $1,500 for hitting John Shasky of the Miami Heat in the face with an open hand in the second quarter of Houston’s 101-93 victory.