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Ja Morant fined $35k after Timberwolves game

CORRECTS REFEREE TO KARL LANE, INSTEAD OF JAMES WILLIAMS - Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) argues with referee Karl Lane during the fourth quarter of the team's NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The NBA has announced that Memphis Grizzlies player Ja Morant has been fined as a result of his ejection during the Minnesota Timberwolves game on November 30.

The NBA’s Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations, Joe Dumars, said in a press release that Morant, “directing inappropriate language toward a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection.”

Ja Morant was given a technical foul and ejected with 1:22 left in the fourth quarter. He was fined $35,000 for this incident.