IRVING THROWS $25,000 TANTRUM
Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for throwing a basketball into the stands after a game. The fine was handed down Tuesday by league discipline executive Kiki VanDeWeghe. The incident occurred at the end of the Celtics’ 115-107 loss to the Denver Nuggets Monday night. Irving was mad that Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray, from Kitchener, Ont., took a threepoint shot with the clock winding down when Denver already had put away the game. Murray, who already had scored 48 points, said he was trying to reach 50. It was a career high for Murray, including 19 in the fourth quarter. At 9-1, the Nuggets are off to their best start since 1976-77. Murray hit 19 of 30 shots, including five three-pointers. Murray tied Steve Nash’s record for most points in a single game by a Canadian. Nash had 48 in a May 2005 playoff game.