NBA fines Hawks PG Trae Young after late-game ref dispute

[ASFN Admin]

Not only did Trae Young lose a game Wednesday night, but now he'll lose some money on top of it. The NBA fined the Atlanta Hawks star point guard $20,000 on Thursday for what it deemed "inappropriate language toward a game official" in the immediate aftermath of the team's close loss to the Dallas Mavericks less than 24 hours earlier. The punishment was announced by Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Kiki VanDeWeghe on the heels of the Hawks' 118-117 loss to the Mavericks, a game Atlanta led by nine points entering the final quarter.

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