Grant, Robertson Each Fined $5,000, 10 Others Total $9,000 for Altercation
NEW YORK — Horace Grant of the Chicago Bulls and Alvin Robertson of the Milwaukee Bucks have been fined $5,000 each for throwing punches during a playoff game, the NBA said Friday.
Ten other players involved in Thursday night’s altercation in Milwaukee were fined a total of $9,000.
The Bucks’ Greg Anderson was fined $3,500 for starting the incident by throwing an elbow at the Bulls’ Ed Nealy, and Chicago’s Michael Jordan was fined $1,500 for pushing Anderson.
Fined $500 each for leaving the bench were Bill Cartwright, Will Perdue, Stacey King and B.J. Armstrong of the Bulls, and Jack Sikma, Jay Humphries, Tony Brown and Tito Horford of the Bucks.
Chicago won the game, 110-86, to win the first-round series, 3-1.
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