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NBA news, scores, stats, fantasy - Pro Basketball Damian Lillard (left) and Nicolas Batum | Photo: Tony Dejak/AP Anthony Davis and Anthony Bennett | Photos: James Crisp/AP; Greg Nelson/SI Tony Wroten | Photo: Theraron W. Henderson/Getty Images Sport NBA suspends Mavs' PA announcer for criticizing refs More NBA: Power Rankings | Expert Picks | Latest news & notes The Dallas Mavericks need every win they can get at the end of this season, as they are still battling it out with the Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies for one of the final two playoff spots in the Western Conference. Back on April 1, they lost a tough overtime game to the Golden State Warriors, that included a missed goal tending call in the final moments of the overtime period. The Mavericks were visibly upset with the lack of a goal tending call against O'Neal, but I'm not sure anybody was as upset as the American Airlines Center PA announcer for Mavs games. The NBA issued a two-game suspension to Dallas Mavericks public-address announcer Sean Heath due to tweets criticizing officiating, multiple sources briefed on the situation told ESPNDallas.com.The suspension will begin Saturday night, when the Mavs face the Phoenix Suns in the final home game of the regular season.

NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History | Basketball-Reference.com Top 10 fines of the 2013-14 NBA season: Soda spills, shoelace stunts and more Posted April 08, 2014 Andray Blatche, Ben Golliver, Dwight Howard, Gerald Wallace, Glen Davis, J.R. Smith, Jason Kidd, Mark Cuban, Matt Barnes, Zach Randolph Jason Kidd, J.R. With the playoffs fast approaching, The Point Forward is taking a look back at the best and worst of the 2013-14 season. The two best words to describe the 2013-14 NBA season when it comes to fines and suspensions: non-violent and wacky. All told, the NBA and its teams have assessed at least 46 fines and 24 suspensions since July 1, the official start date of the NBA’s calendar. It’s worth nothing that the amount of some fines and the specifics of a few suspensions were a bit muddled, so the preceding figures are as close to precise as possible. So why does “non-violent” qualify as a descriptor for this season? But the real headliner here? You can’t help wonder whether the NBA’s discipline czar, VP of Basketball Operations Rod Thorn, has a rubric that helps him categorize all this nonsense. “Mr. Fines Suspensions

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