Rockets' Van Gundy fined $100K...

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JAIME ARON / Associated Press
Posted: 13 minutes ago



DALLAS (AP) - The NBA fined Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy $100,000 - the largest ever levied against a coach - on Monday for accusing officials of targeting center Yao Ming this postseason and saying Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is to blame.

Speaking to three reporters at the team hotel in Dallas on Sunday night, Van Gundy said a referee not working the playoffs called him and warned that officials "were looking at Yao harder because of Mark's complaints" to the league office. He said that Cuban "has been hard on them," and "he's gotten the benefit."
"I didn't think that really worked in the NBA, but in this case it has," Van Gundy said, declining to identify the official he spoke to.

At a shootaround Monday before Game 5 of the series, Van Gundy said: "I stand by what I said. I believe it. I know what was told to me, and I've seen how it played out."

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What if what the coach says is true though. Frightening isn't it.

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But it wasn't true, Rockets are getting the same amount of touch fouls as the mavs are. The Mavs actually out fouled the rockets in one of their runs. Amazing isn't it

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Originally posted by Holmes_Fans
But it wasn't true, Rockets are getting the same amount of touch fouls as the mavs are. The Mavs actually out fouled the rockets in one of their runs. Amazing isn't it

Amazing!