Dwane Casey Fined $25K for Criticism of Officiating: Latest Comments, Reaction

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The NBA fined Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey $25,000 for his comments about the officiating in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, per Bleacher Report’s Howard Beck.   

The Raptors picked up their first win of the series over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night, 99-84. Over the course of the game, referees whistled the Raptors for 17 fouls compared to 10 for the Cavs.

Casey criticized what he thought was a lack of foul calls for Cleveland’s play inside on Bismack Biyombo, who finished with seven points and 26 rebounds, per Brian Windhorst and Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.com:

[Biyombo] is not getting the calls. We shoot zero free throws in the fourth quarter. Zero. He’s getting hit. There’s one play where they almost have a brawl. He gets killed on that play. I don’t know if he’s getting hit because of how …

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