NEW YORK — Nets star Kyrie Irving has been fined $25,000 for “directing obscene language toward a fan,” the league announced on Thursday.
The incident occurred at the 4:19 mark of the second quarter in Irving’s return to Cleveland — he is a former Cavaliers star — when a fan recorded an interaction between the Nets’ guard and some in the crowd near the court.
Some fans were heckling Irving and Irving suggested those fans should have more reverence for a player who helped deliver Cleveland its only championship in the franchise’s 42-year history.
