Basketball

Sacramento King center Ralph Sampson was fined $5,000 for a “flagrant elbow violation” against the New Jersey Nets’ Chris Dudley, the NBA said.

The incident occurred during the first quarter of the Nets’ 97-83 victory Tuesday night at East Rutherford, N.J.

Rod Thorn, the league’s vice president of operations, said the game officials did not see the violation and Sampson was not ejected. But Thorn saw the incident on television Tuesday night, then watched it on a tape of the game Wednesday.