The middle finger to his opponents costs Russell Westbrook a $35,000 fine. This is how the Denver point guard was punished for having shown a rude gesture to the rival bench last Monday during the NBA championship match lost by the Nuggets against the New York Knicks (145-118). The images show Westbrook giving the middle finger after hitting a three-point basket in the fourth quarter. Moments earlier, the 36-year-old had been blocked by Knicks forward Josh Hart and the New York bench had called for him to be penalized. The executive vice president of the North American basketball league, Joe Dumars, who announced the fine, did not provide further details on the “obscene gesture” that ended up under accusation. In the match Westbrook scored 27 points, including 24 in the last quarter, but they were not enough for Denver to avoid the knockout.
