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Luka Dončić was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Friday for a gesture toward an official during Wednesday's game between the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors.
Per the league announcement attributed to NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Joe Dumars, Dončić's gesture "toward a game official" was "inappropriate and unprofessional."
Here's the gesture in question with Dončić rubbing his fingers together, apparently signaling money:
Dončić made the gesture after he missed a layup with Dallas trailing, 125-122 in the game's final five seconds. Dončić was guarded under the basket by Draymond Green and apparently believed that Green fouled him on the shot.
The Warriors went on to win, 127-125. The late sequence was far from the only bit of controversy in the high-stakes game. During the third quarter, Golden State inbounded the ball under the Dallas basket while the entire Mavericks lineup was on the other side of the court. The play resulted in an uncontested dunk for Warriors center Kevon Looney.
Mavericks players and head coach Jason Kidd contested the play on the court. Owner Mark Cuban then tweeted that officials initially signaled that possession belonged to the Mavericks on the play. Per Cuban, officials changed the call to Warriors possession during a timeout and didn't inform the Mavericks.
Here's the sequence that shows the baseline official initially pointing toward the Warriors side on the out-of-bounds play, then pointing back toward the Mavericks' end of the floor. Looney protested the second call, clearly under the impression the official had signaled Mavericks ball. Per the ESPN broadcast, the public address announced that it was Mavericks ball.
The Mavericks filed a formal protest with the NBA after the game. The NBA has yet to announce a decision on the protest. But it made clear its thoughts on Dončić's gesture.
The game result was of significance in a tightly packed Western Conference playoff race. With the win, the Warriors improved to 38-36 to sixth place in the West, the last position guaranteed a playoff berth. The Mavericks would have taken sixth place with the same record had they won. Instead, they fell to 36-37 and enter Friday's NBA slate in eighth place in the West, which would require them to advance from the play-in tournament to secure a playoff spot.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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