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Brown expects NBA fine
Updated: February 11, 2009, 9:11 PM ET
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CLEVELAND -- Mike Brown hasn't heard from the NBA, and Cleveland's coach
isn't complaining.
Brown expects to be fined by commissioner David Stern for his postgame rant
about the officiating in the final seconds of the Cavaliers' 96-95 loss at
Indiana on Tuesday. However, by tipoff on Wednesday night, the league had yet
to complete a review of Brown's comments or announce any punishment
Cleveland All-Star forward LeBron James was whistled for a questionable foul
against Danny Granger in the last second by referee Joey Crawford as the
Pacers held off the Cavaliers, who had a similar close call go their way when
Granger was called for bumping James on an alley oop with 0.8 seconds left.
After reviewing the last play in the locker room, Brown went into a tirade.
"That last call is the worst call that I have ever been a part of," Brown
said. "I cannot imagine another worse call than that. It was an awful call
and for him to take away a basketball game from a team with 0.4 seconds on
the clock is irresponsible."
A much mellower Brown said before Wednesday night's game against Phoenix that
he has not yet been punished and that he has no regrets about voicing his
opinion.
"I said what I had to say and the NBA needs to do what it needs to do," Brown
said. "I just said what I said and saw what I saw."
Last week, the league docked Boston coach Doc Rivers $15,000 for criticizing
the officiating in the Celtics' overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the past, Brown has been careful not to protest too vehemently about calls
against his team and particularly against James for fear of getting a
reputation as a whiner. But he was so outraged by what he felt was an
injustice against his star in the closing seconds in Indianapolis that he
couldn't help himself.
"If I see something and I believe in something I may speak up during the
game, but it's not anything where I'm trying to say, 'I've got to defend my
team or defend LeBron," Brown said. "But I need to voice my opinion at times
and I don't want to affect our team in a negative way."
Brown is adamant about the Cavs being a "no-excuse team," and he understands
that begins with him.
"If I'm asking our guys not to let injuries or officiating or scheduling or
travel bother them, then I have to lead by example," he said. "I'm human just
like everybody else. There are going to be times when I go off like I did in
Washington, and there are going to be times where I can control myself like
the time in Utah when LeBron got whacked across the face. I will try to be
that way more than the other way because I don't want to hurt our team."
James, too, has had to learn when to plead his case to referees and when stay
quiet.
"It's a fine line," he said. "Sometimes you may be right and sometimes you
may be wrong. You have to know the time of the game and if it is the right
situation to voice your opinion. You also have to know what refs you are
dealing with, some you can talk to a lot better than you can with others."
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Brown expects NBA fine
Updated: February 11, 2009, 9:11 PM ET
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CLEVELAND -- Mike Brown hasn't heard from the NBA, and Cleveland's coach
isn't complaining.
Brown expects to be fined by commissioner David Stern for his postgame rant
about the officiating in the final seconds of the Cavaliers' 96-95 loss at
Indiana on Tuesday. However, by tipoff on Wednesday night, the league had yet
to complete a review of Brown's comments or announce any punishment
Cleveland All-Star forward LeBron James was whistled for a questionable foul
against Danny Granger in the last second by referee Joey Crawford as the
Pacers held off the Cavaliers, who had a similar close call go their way when
Granger was called for bumping James on an alley oop with 0.8 seconds left.
After reviewing the last play in the locker room, Brown went into a tirade.
"That last call is the worst call that I have ever been a part of," Brown
said. "I cannot imagine another worse call than that. It was an awful call
and for him to take away a basketball game from a team with 0.4 seconds on
the clock is irresponsible."
A much mellower Brown said before Wednesday night's game against Phoenix that
he has not yet been punished and that he has no regrets about voicing his
opinion.
"I said what I had to say and the NBA needs to do what it needs to do," Brown
said. "I just said what I said and saw what I saw."
Last week, the league docked Boston coach Doc Rivers $15,000 for criticizing
the officiating in the Celtics' overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the past, Brown has been careful not to protest too vehemently about calls
against his team and particularly against James for fear of getting a
reputation as a whiner. But he was so outraged by what he felt was an
injustice against his star in the closing seconds in Indianapolis that he
couldn't help himself.
"If I see something and I believe in something I may speak up during the
game, but it's not anything where I'm trying to say, 'I've got to defend my
team or defend LeBron," Brown said. "But I need to voice my opinion at times
and I don't want to affect our team in a negative way."
Brown is adamant about the Cavs being a "no-excuse team," and he understands
that begins with him.
"If I'm asking our guys not to let injuries or officiating or scheduling or
travel bother them, then I have to lead by example," he said. "I'm human just
like everybody else. There are going to be times when I go off like I did in
Washington, and there are going to be times where I can control myself like
the time in Utah when LeBron got whacked across the face. I will try to be
that way more than the other way because I don't want to hurt our team."
James, too, has had to learn when to plead his case to referees and when stay
quiet.
"It's a fine line," he said. "Sometimes you may be right and sometimes you
may be wrong. You have to know the time of the game and if it is the right
situation to voice your opinion. You also have to know what refs you are
dealing with, some you can talk to a lot better than you can with others."
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⊕ ●╱ Ｗ
● ●︵ ● ●)) ３╯
<３\ /３⊕ ／３﹚ ３ \\
/>⊕ >/ ⊕ ╲> >>
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