Rockets forward Dillon Brooks was fined $25K by the NBA for using profane language during a live post-game interview, the league announced on Wednesday in a press release (Twitter link).
Brooks joined teammate Amen Thompson for an on-court interview with Space City Home Network on Monday after Thompson made a game-winning shot to beat the defending champion Celtics.
“I knew that motherf—er was going in!” Brooks yelled as Thompson responded to a question about that last-second shot (Twitter video link via Jackson Gatlin of Locked on Rockets).
Brooks is earning approximately $22.3MM this season in the second year of a four-year contract with the Rockets. This is the first time he’s been fined by the league this season, outside of the small fines automatically assessed for technical fouls.