Durant was hit with a $15,000 fine for his Flagrant 2 foul against Mavs forward Justin Anderson with less than a minute remaining in the game.
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However, it seems both players made up after the game. Nowitzki also got into it with guard Andre Roberson in Game 3. “Unreliable.” The Thunder then beat the Clippers after a very controversial series of calls changed the outcome of one of the games in that series. Morrow then held the ball from Salah Mejri. Westbrook and Mejri ended up nose-to-nose in a shouting match before all the players were separated by coaches and officials. That’s when Russell Westbrook and J.J. Barea got involved and both teams converged on the Thunder bench. It was a flagrant, even though I wasn’t trying to intentionally foul him. While it was a very hard foul that was deemed a flagrant-2, Anderson says there are no hard feelings.
Not long after Durant’s ejection, Serge Ibaka got a technical for contact with Charlie Villanueva.
Oklahoma City Thunder stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant will be fined but not suspended for their actions in Game 4.
Thunder coach Billy Donovan steadfastly refused to get drawn in to the debate. Ibaka is averaging 15.3 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 71.4 percent and Waiters is averaging 11 points on 45.5 percent shooting.
Oklahoma City leads the first-round playoff series three games to one.
For Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 27 points, two assists and 8 rebounds. Raymond Felton and Wesley Matthews each scored 19 points.
Game 5 is scheduled for Monday.
With a 3-1 series lead against the Dallas Mavericks, the Thunder are focused on closing out the series, however at the same time are most likely starting to prepare for a veteran Spurs squad. The Thunder have also won seven of eight in the playoffs since losing to Dallas in the 2011 Western Conference finals.
“There were a few bad plays, but other than that I thought it was pretty clean, ” Nowitzki said. He said Wednesday he wouldn’t have been able to play if the game was that night. The money is earmarked for the sickle cell center.
The annual award for ethical behavior and fair play is named for former Detroit Pistons guard and Hall of Famer Joe Dumars.
“I don’t know if he’s ever missed 26 shots in a game in his life”, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said.
Golden State lists the NBA’s leading scorer as questionable. Dirk took 3 free throws on the night, but 2 of them were due to Kanter fouling when coming over to help. He swung his arm at Schroder in the first quarter, hitting the Hawks point guard in the side of the head.
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Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan (10) is defended by Indiana Pacers’ Paul George (13) during the second half of Game 4 of an NBA first-round playoff basketball series Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Indianapolis.
