Cavs' Thompson fined $25K; Flagrant 2 downgraded to Flagrant 1

The NBA has fined Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson $25,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner upon his ejection late in Game 1, as well as for shoving the basketball into the face of Golden State Warriors big man Draymond Green.

Additionally, the Flagrant 2 foul originally charged to Thompson on his sixth personal foul has been downgraded to a Flagrant 1.

With the Warriors up by an insurmountable eight points, Warriors guard Shaun Livingston took a shot with 2.6 seconds left in overtime rather than hold onto the ball and concede a shot-clock violation. Thompson made an aggressive closeout on the play, though the league evidently ruled the degree of contact did not warrant the Flagrant 2 as initially assessed.

The sequence would spark an entire fracas as tensions boiled over between the longtime foes.

Game 2 tips off Sunday night when the warring factions - Thompson, Livingston, and Green included - will reacquaint themselves under the bright lights of the 2018 NBA Finals.