The NBA fined Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey $25,000 for his comments about the officiating in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, per Bleacher Report's Howard Beck.
The Raptors picked up their first win of the series over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night, 99-84. Over the course of the game, referees whistled the Raptors for 17 fouls compared to 10 for the Cavs.
Casey criticized what he thought was a lack of foul calls for Cleveland's play inside on Bismack Biyombo, who finished with seven points and 26 rebounds, per Brian Windhorst and Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.com:
[Biyombo] is not getting the calls. We shoot zero free throws in the fourth quarter. Zero. He's getting hit. There's one play where they almost have a brawl. He gets killed on that play. I don't know if he's getting hit because of how physical and tough he is, but he's getting cracked. To his credit, I thought he was going to lose his head when he got the technical foul, but he kept playing. He's one of the top rebounders in the league, and no telling how many times he gets hit and fouled under there without being called. Again ...
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