The NBA announced Friday that the Spurs have been fined $250,000 after coach Gregg Popovich gave four key players the night off during Thursday’s nationally-televised game against the Heat.
“The result here is dictated by the totality of the facts in this case,” commissioner David Stern said in a statement. “The Spurs decided to make four of their top players unavailable for an early-season game that was the team’s only regular-season visit to Miami. The team also did this without informing the Heat, the media, or the league office in a timely way. Under these circumstances, I have concluded that the Spurs did a disservice to the league and our fans.”
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