MIAMI — A week ago, Myron Gardner had his salary doubled, when the Heat converted him from a two-way contract to a standard deal. Monday, the NBA took $35,000 of that away.

In response to Gardner’s late-game shoving incidents with Memphis Grizzlies forward Scotty Pippen Jr. during the Heat’s Saturday night victory at Kaseya Center, Gardner and Pippen each were fined $35,000 Monday by the league, otherwise with no other league sanction beyond Saturday’s ejections.

“It’s behind me now so ain’t nothing I can do about it,” Gardner said after Monday’s practice at Kaseya Center, ahead of the team’s flight to Milwaukee for Tuesday night’s game against the Bucks at Fiserv Forum.

In announcing the fine, the NBA issued a statement that read, “With 1:55 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 136-120 victory over the Grizzlies on Feb. 21 at Kaseya Center, Gardner initiated the incident by bumping Pippen from behind, causing Pippen to fall to the floor. Pippen further escalated the altercation by forcefully shoving Gardner in response. Both players were assessed technical fouls and ejected from the game.”

The fines were announced by James Jones, the former Heat forward who now is the NBA executive vice president, head of basketball operations.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Monday he thought the technical fouls and ejections for both players should have been the limit of the penalties.

“We disagree with it,” Spoelstra said. “We talked to JJ yesterday and we don’t think that it was the same. They said it was the same for both of them. Both should have clearly been thrown out of the game. If you want to give Myron a technical after that offense rebound, a little bit of a nudge. But after that, Myron was just a bystander in what Scotty Pippen did. So this should have been a technical, thrown out.”

Spoelstra continued of Gardner, “But he’s an easy target. He’s a young player. It’s easy for the league to make a point on this because it went into the stands. But we disagree with it. Pippen’s the one that pushed it into the stands. And Myron didn’t really retaliate. Once he was on the ground, he was laughing. So if it was somebody else, I don’t think it would have been a $35,000 fine. But we’ll move on and it’s a good teaching moment for Myron.”

Gardner said he thought the entire sequence was innocuous.

“Rebound happened, fell to the ground. I really didn’t think much of it,” Gardner said of initially being knocked down. “I was really just getting back on defense. Trying to run, ran into him, by accident, for real.”

Then Pippen made his charge at Gardner that took the two into the stands by the baseline.

“I was paying attention to the game. So I saw him last minute come at me,” Gardner said. “I’m like, ‘Oh.’ So he kind of surprised me a little bit.”

Gardner said he has no history with the Grizzlies forward, other than being aware his father is former Chicago Bulls championship forward Scottie Pippen.

Riley speech

Spoelstra said he was captivated as he watched Heat president Pat Riley speak at Sunday’s ceremony unveiling Riley’s statue in front of the Los Angeles Lakers’ arena.

“Pat’s brilliance, part of his brilliance, when he speaks in a setting like that, you feel like he’s talking directly to you,” said Spoelstra, who watched the stream of the speech. “Everybody in the Miami Heat organization felt like he was speaking to us. That’s just an incredible gift he has to move people, to motivate people.

“I got choked up a few times watching it. And just awesome to witness. And it was important for our team to see that, because when I mentioned that his brilliance is he’s talking to everybody, I felt like he was also talking to this team. And I wanted them to hear some of the real poignant messages about what it is to be significant and how you can be remembered to be a part of something bigger than yourself. All those messages, it was beautiful.”

After his speech, in a Sunday media session, Riley spoke of the degree of disappointment in only having current Lakers forward LeBron James with the Heat for four seasons.

“I saw something that could have lasted eight to 10 years,” Riley said, with James instead returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers in free agency in 2014.

Asked about Riley’s comment, James said after his Lakers’ loss to the Boston Celtics, “That’s just how the cards were played. But, yeah, it’s human nature to look back and say what could have been. But that’s part of life. I thought the four years that we had were great, obviously. We were able to pick up two championships, we lost two of them, unfortunately. But a lot of great memories, a lot of great times there. It would have been interesting to see what could have happened.”

Injury update

Davion Mitchell (illness) and Nikola Jovic (back) were the only players not to practice Monday. Mitchell missed Saturday night’s victory due to illness. Jovic missed the game due to back tightness, with a doctor appointment Monday to address the issue. Both traveled with the team to Milwaukee.

Jovic is listed as doubtful for Tuesday night, Mitchell as questionable.