Raptors coach Nick Nurse fined $15K for comments about officiating
TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard appreciates his coach’s support, but it came at cost.
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse was fined US$15,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for comments he made to the media about officials following the Raptors’ 95-86 loss in Denver on Sunday.
“It’s great . . . he can see the game,” Leonard told reporters after Tuesday’s practice. “We’re playing it and we might see it a certain way and we always feel like we’re right on the floor, but when you have your coach watching it and seeing the same things you’re feeling then it’s great.”
Nurse had lashed out at officials, saying he didn’t understand why they were allowing opponents to “play one of the best players in the league so physically.”