NBA fines Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson $50K for behavior toward officials

The NBA fined Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson $50,000 for "aggressively pursuing, berating, and making inadvertent contact with a game official" during a road loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday night.

James Jones, the NBA's head of basketball operations, made the announcement on Saturday.

Atkinson, who was called for his first technical with 4:10 remaining in the first quarter, was ejected from the game for his second technical with 10:59 left in the fourth quarter as the...