{"id":81184,"date":"2014-05-29T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=81184"},"modified":"2021-09-13T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:14:11","slug":"nba-has-fined-lance-stephenson-10000-for-flopping-in-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/nba-has-fined-lance-stephenson-10000-for-flopping-in-game-5\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA has fined Lance Stephenson $10,000 for flopping in Game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With some made for TV movie acting Lance Stephenson became the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenGolliver\/status\/472092701714681856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first player to be fined four times in NBA history<\/a>&nbsp;or more for violating \"the anti-flop\" policy.&nbsp;Last night during a heated match-up, the&nbsp;&nbsp;Indiana Pacers&nbsp;defeated the Miami Heat. With a little help from the referees and flopping by the Pacers <a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/all-five-lebron-james-fouls-in-game-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James got a quick five fouls early in the 3rd quarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats Lance, you just made NBA history! But really, what's $10k if you can get LeBron ejected?<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YN88SRXYsQE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If anyone doesn't know here's the playoff flop policy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Any player who is determined to have committed a flop during the 2013 Playoffs will be subject to the following:<br \/>\nViolation 1: $5,000 fine<br \/>\nViolation 2: $10,000 fine<br \/>\nViolation 3: $15,000 fine<br \/>\nViolation 4: $30,000 fine<br \/>\nIf a player violates the anti-flopping rule five times or more, he will be subject to discipline that is reasonable under the circumstances, including an increased fine and\/or suspension.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other news... <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/472092402094964736\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roy Hibbert was also fined for flopping.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With some made for TV movie acting Lance Stephenson became the&nbsp;first player to be fined four times in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,3],"tags":[],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-81184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-blogs","category-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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