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Jimmy Butler, Heat each fined US$15,000 for obscene gesture

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Jimmy Butler missed Game 5 of the Miami Heat's first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks with knee inflammation. Butler celebrated a Max Strus 3 by, uh, thrusting on the sideline. The NBA fined Butler $15,000 for "making an obscene gesture" The Heat were also fined for posting a GIF of the gesture on social media.

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Rappler

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Heat star Jimmy Butler fined for obscene gesture

Heat forward Jimmy Butler still gets fined despite being sidelined in their playoff clincher against the Hawks

3 years ago·Philippines

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National Post

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Heat, F Jimmy Butler fined for obscene gesture

The NBA fined Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler $15,000 for making an obscene gesture and fined the team the same amount for sharing it as a GIF on social media. Read More

3 years ago·Canada

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Butler cops fine for 'obscene' gesture

The NBA fined Miami's Jimmy Butler for making what it described as an obscene gesture during the team's series-clinching win on Tuesday against the Atlanta Hawks.

3 years ago·Sydney, Australia

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Boston Herald

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Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler each fined $15,000 for obscene gesture by forward on team bench

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat each were fined $15,000 Thursday for a gesture made by the forward and the ensuing posting of the video of the gesture during Tuesday night’s series-clinching playoff victory over the Atlanta Hawks at FTX Arena.Amid a 17-2 Heat surge that closed the first half of that victory, Butler, who was inactive due to knee soreness, celebrated a 10-0 scoring run by teammate Max Strus with an over-the-top, sexually implicit …

3 years ago·Boston, United States

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