Rockets' Dillon Brooks fined $35,000, Ime Udoka $25,000 for comments about referees

Rockets' Dillon Brooks fined $35,000, Ime Udoka $25,000 for comments about referee

Dillon Brooks knew he would be fined after being ejected against the Bucks over the weekend and telling reporters postgame.

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The league office fined Brooks $35,000 Tuesday "for directing inappropriate language towards a game official and publicly criticising the officiating."

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With 48.1 seconds left in the Milwaukee-Houston game, Houston was down nine. Rockets pressured the inbound pass without rolling over.

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Brooks deflected a Khris Middleton pass that started to go out of bounds. Both players went after it, but Brooks saved it for Milwaukee's Pat Connaughton

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Brooks and Udoka say Middleton pushed them, as shown below, and a whistle and Rockets free throws were due.

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Instead, Brooks received a technical for flopping. Udoka followed Brooks to the locker room after he backed up Brooks and was ejected for arguing that call.

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The time and score may not have warranted Brooks and Udoka's ejection, but they were frustrated with the officiating all game.

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