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THE NBA HAS fined three players for ‘flopping’ during Tuesday’s Pacers-Heat game.
LeBron James, David West, and Lance Stephenson were all hit with $5,000 fines. Here’s the flop that got LeBron fined (via Deadspin):
LeBron has a history of diving, and he said early this week that he doesn’t think it’s all that big of a deal. $5,000 probably won’t change that, but it at least gets his flopping into the official record.