Live Bar, May 24-Joe Dumas, executive vice president of NBA and director of basketball operations, announced that Heat star Jimmy Butler was fined 25000 dollars for violating the league media interview regulations.
Dumas explained that in the Third Battle of the Eastern final, the Heat defeated the Celtics. Butler did not accept media interviews after the game.
According to Heat reporter Wes Goldberg, Butler was not in the dressing room until media reporters were allowed to enter the dressing room.