LAS VEGAS \u2014 Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve\u2019s outburst about officiating after Napheesa Collier\u2019s injury in Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals and her subsequent Game 4 suspension has cost her a fine of $15,000, a league source told The Athletic on Monday. Reeve charged at an official during the game, appeared to direct profanity at the Phoenix crowd on her way out and called for \u201cchange in leadership at the league level when it comes to officiating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reeve\u2019s assistants, Eric Thibault and Rebekkah Brunson, were both fined $500 for their roles in the incident. Friday, two more coaches, Stephanie White and Becky Hammon of the Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces, landed fines of $1,000, the league source said. Their fines came after they expressed support for Reeve\u2019s viewpoint about physicality and a systemic officiating problem before Game 4 of the semifinal series between Indiana and Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that she made a lot of valid points,\u201d White said Sunday. \u201cA lot of the same kind of conversations are happening. It\u2019s happening from every team, from every franchise, from every coach, from every player. And I think at some point there has to be some accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cEvery part of our league has gotten better, and that part has lagged behind, for whatever reason.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hammon was equally on board with the league\u2019s longest-tenured coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what I heard, (Reeve) did not tell a lie. She said the truth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Per the WNBA\u2019s news release, \u201cThibault was fined for his inappropriate interaction with an official on the court. Brunson was fined for an inappropriate social media comment directed at WNBA officials.\u201d The league historically does not publicize fines.<\/p>\n
This is at least the third instance that White has been fined this season for her remarks about officiating. Hammon is also not a first-time offender.<\/p>\n
(Photo: Rick Scuteri \/ Imagn Images)<\/p>\n
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