Toronto Raptors ahead Brandon Ingram was fined $25,000 for spiking his water bottle on the ground in a present of frustration towards the Philadelphia 76ers.
NBA govt James Jones, the league’s head of basketball operations, penalized Ingram on Monday for his outburst within the third quarter of Toronto’s 130-120 highway loss Saturday.
Ingram was changed by a substitute with 6:25 on the clock after being whistled for an and-one foul on Trendon Watford, whose driving layup elevated the 76ers’ result in 4 factors. Ingram obtained a technical foul for delaying the sport as he left the courtroom.
The ten-year veteran threw the water bottle as he sat on the far finish of the bench. The bottle bounced, struck a crouching sport attendant within the higher arm and splashed a number of individuals who had been seated courtside, together with a cameraman and Raptors teammate Scottie Barnes.
The sport was delayed additional so the courtroom could possibly be dried.
Ingram returned after one possession and completed with 21 factors, eight rebounds and 5 assists in 37 minutes.
He’s averaging 21.0 factors, 6.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists with the Raptors, who traded for Ingram in February however shut him down all through final season whereas he recovered from an ankle damage.
Ingram beforehand averaged 23.0 factors, 5.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 305 profession video games with the New Orleans Pelicans, with whom he was an All-Star and the league’s Most Improved Participant in 2019-20.
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