Warriors' Pachulia fined $15K for slapping Heat's Babbitt
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Zaza Pachulia has been slapped with a fine for slapping.
The Golden State Warriors center was fined $15,000 on Wednesday for whacking Miami Heat forward Luke Babbitt in the face during Monday's 105-102 loss in South Beach.
Pachulia was assessed a flagrant-1 foul for this hit on Babbitt's head:
Zaza starting to get cocky, straight up slaps Luke Babbitt while running up court pic.twitter.com/NvfHaNvfR8
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) January 24, 2017
The slap came in retaliation to Babbitt dipping his shoulder into the Georgian big man, for which the 27-year-old received a tech.
Pachulia finished with six points, nine rebounds, two steals, and two assists as the Dubs dropped just their seventh game of 2016-17.