Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers, second from right, is restrained after objecting to a call in the second overtime of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan is at left rear. Rivers was ejected from the game. The Nets won 127-122. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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NEW YORK (AP) - Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Thursday for verbally abusing a game official and failing to leaving the court in a timely manner after his ejection.
The incident happened with 18.6 remaining in the first overtime of the Clippers' 127-122 double-overtime loss at Brooklyn on Tuesday night.
Rivers was given a technical foul for crossing over midcourt, then another and ejected.
The Clippers trailed by two late in the first OT and fouled Sean Kilpatrick in the backcourt after he received the inbounds pass. Rivers appeared to think Kilpatrick swung his elbows and should have been called for the foul, and walked nearly to the Nets' bench to say something to referee Lauren Holtkamp.
Rivers said they weren't even arguing, and that Holtkamp had agreed with what Rivers said. But referee Ken Mauer, who was standing on the Clippers' side of the court, called what Rivers said was an "awful" tech.
Los Angeles Clippers De'Andre Jordan restrains Clippers coach Doc Rivers, who objected to a referee's call in overtime of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. Rivers was ejected from the game after receiving a technical and arguing that. The Nets defeated the Clippers 127-122 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers, center, yells at NBA official Ken Mauer, left, during the first overtime of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan listens. Rivers was ejected after receiving two technical fouls. The Nets defeated the Clippers 127-122 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, left, restrains Clippers coach Doc Rivers after Rivers challenged a referee's call in the first overtime of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. The Nets defeated the Clippers 127-122 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers, left, center DeAndre Jordan and others move to restrain coach Doc Rivers during an argument over a call in overtime of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. Rivers was ejected from the game after receiving two technical fouls. The Nets defeated the Clippers 127-122 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers, center, yells at official Ken Mauer, left during the first overtime of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan (6) arrives to restrain Rivers. Rivers was ejected from the game after receiving two technical fouls. The Nets defeated the Clippers 127-122 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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