NEW YORK — The NBA fined the San Antonio Spurs $25,000 on Sunday for violating the league’s participant resting coverage — in a sport the Spurs received by 26 factors.
The Spurs sat DeMar DeRozan, Patty Mills and Jakob Poeltl to offer them relaxation on Saturday night time in Phoenix. It did not matter, as six Spurs gamers scored in double figures in a 111-85 rout of the Suns.
In line with the league’s resting coverage, groups mustn’t relaxation a number of wholesome gamers for a similar sport. After they do relaxation wholesome gamers, it’s purported to be in dwelling video games.
Underneath Gregg Popovich, the Spurs have lengthy rested gamers even when they’re wholesome, one of many causes the league first carried out a resting coverage in 2017. Groups will be fined $100,000 for violating it.
The Toronto Raptors had been fined $25,000 on Saturday for violating the identical coverage on Friday. Just like the Spurs, Toronto additionally was victorious, defeating the Magic 113-102, regardless of resting Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam.
The Related Press contributed to this report.