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Lakers' Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard were fined by the NBA following their verbal confrontation with referees after a loss to the Rockets. The incident occurred after the removal of teammate Adou Thiero during the game.
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Los Angeles Lakers’ Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard have been fined by the NBA. After a recent Lakers vs Rockets game, the players got into a verbal spat with the referees. For this, the officials charged them with a sum for breaking the code of conduct.
Lakers’ guards Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard were fined for their behavior after the team’s loss against the Houston Rockets. Following the end of the fourth game, Lakers players were seen in a tense exchange with the referees over the removal of Adou Thiero during garbage time. Three players were removed during the game, and five were judged for technical fouls between the teams. After the game, Smart and Kennard appeared to exchange in a war of words with the referees.
Subsequently, the NBA reviewed the incident and decided to announce punishment for the players. Smart was charged $35,000 for questioning the integrity of the authorities. On the other hand, Kennard was fined $25,000 for using foul language towards the officials.
NBA communications announced their decision with a post on their X account. They wrote, “Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart has been fined $35,000 for questioning the integrity of game officials, and Lakers guard Luke Kennard has been fined $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward game officials, it was announced today by James Jones, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations.”
The post continued, “The incident occurred following the conclusion of the Houston Rockets’ 115-96 victory over the Lakers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series on April 26 at Toyota Center.”
They were fined for engaging in a verbal spat with referees after the Lakers' loss to the Rockets.
The fines resulted from a tense exchange with referees regarding the removal of teammate Adou Thiero during the game.
Five technical fouls were assessed between both teams during the game.

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Netizens dropped their thoughts in the comment section, with many questioning the decision. One user said, “questioning the integrity of game officials” LMFAO actual dictatorship.” Another one said, “The integrity should rightfully be questioned when it’s the same officials being the problem.” A third user said, “The integrity of the NBA is at stake right now. Refs have so many ongoing parlays and you don’t even see it. It’s hard to watch NBA basketball anymore.”
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Originally reported by Ritika Singh on Mandatory
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