NBA Fines Hawks’ Willis $3,500, Pistons’ Thomas $3,000 for Incident
Kevin Willis of the Atlanta Hawks was fined $3,500 and Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons was fined $3,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for an incident during a game last Wednesday night.
Thomas was fouled by Willis while driving the lane with 1:59 left and the scored tied, 90-90, in a game eventually won by Detroit, 100-91. Willis was called for a flagrant foul and Thomas given a technical for retaliating.
Rod Thorn, the NBA vice president of operations, in announcing the fines, said Willis was assessed the larger amount for initiating the incident.
At the time, Thomas said he didn’t believe Willis had intentionally tried to hurt him. Willis had no comment.
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