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NBA Fines Heat Star Jimmy Butler $25,000 for Skipping Media Session

  • Jimmy Butler fined $25,000 by NBA for refusing to speak to reporters after Miami's win over Boston Celtics in Game 3 of Eastern Conference finals.
  • Butler scored 16 points with eight rebounds and six assists in 31 minutes but declined to take questions in the locker room.
  • Fine handed down by Joe Dumars, executive vice president of basketball operations at the NBA.
  • Butler is the second player to be fined this postseason for skirting his media duties, after the Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks.
  • Butler seeking revenge on Al Horford for taunting Heat in Game 1 with timeout sign.
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