Accordingly, during an attack by the Portland Trail Blazers at the end of the third quarter, referee Kevin Scott decided to penalize star CJ McCollum for an offensive foul. Disgruntled by the referee’s decision, this player reacted immediately to argue about the whistle.
Video recorded the situation that caused Mario Hezonja to lose a large amount of money to pay fines to the NBA.
Realizing that his teammate might have to receive another unnecessary technical foul, player Mario Hezonja immediately stepped forward to prevent the situation from becoming more complicated. However, during the discussion, Mario Hezonja grabbed referee Kevin Scott’s hand and he was immediately given a technical foul.
NBA rules clearly state that players are not allowed to touch the referee in any situation on the football field. After dissecting the match tape and based on referee Kevin Scott’s report, the NBA decided to fine the Portland Trail Blazers player a sum of $25,000 for “holding the hand of the person holding the weight in an unruly manner”.
This will be a lesson learned for Mario Hezonja in the near future. Unless the NBA changes the rules, the referee’s decisions are always fully protected by the tournament and any protest will result in unnecessary penalties.
In the NBA, the tournament always has rules to protect referees’ whistles.
At least Mario Hezonja has not yet fallen into the “half-laughing” situation like that of Isaiah Thomas in January this year. During a dispute with the opponent, the bouncing player lost momentum and accidentally bumped into the referee, causing him to be “sent to the shower early” when the match had only started 88 seconds.
