DATE: Thursday, May 29, 1997 TAG: 9705290668 SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C4 EDITION: FINAL SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: 23 lines
Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls and Alonzo Mourning of the Miami Heat were fined $5,000 each Wednesday by the NBA for their fourth-quarter scuffle during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Mourning and Rodman became entangled with 8:14 to play in Miami's 87-80 victory Monday and tumbled to the floor. Replays showed Mourning tapping Rodman on the head before Heat coach Pat Riley separated the players.
A double technical was called, extending Rodman's streak of technical fouls in every one of the Bulls' playoff games.
The league fines, the third this season for Rodman and second for Mourning, were assessed by Rod Thorn, the NBA's senior vice president for basketball operations.
Rodman has been penalized about $1 million this season as a result of fines, suspensions and lost incentives.
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