Rockets owner fined $100K for confronting referee during Game 5
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Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for leaving his seat to confront referee Bill Kennedy during his team's Game 5 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.
Alexander stood up and walked several paces down the sideline to talk to Kennedy, during live-ball action, in the final seconds of the first quarter.
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The league did not specify what Alexander said, but seemed to indicate that doing what he did while play was live contributed to the heftier than usual fine.
The Rockets went on to win the game and advance to the Western Conference semifinals.