Cavs' Davis fined for triple-double try

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ricky Davis has been fined by the Cleveland Cavaliers for going to the wrong basket to get one more rebound during a 122-95 win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday.

A team spokesman on Wednesday would not disclose the amount of the fine.

"It's funny how all of this attention has been made about an incident that happened during our best game of the season and everyone's getting upset that it happened. What I did just shows that no one's perfect," Davis told the Cleveland The Plain Dealer.

Seeking to get his first career triple-double in the final seconds of the Cavs' biggest win of the season, Davis purposely missed a shot at the wrong basket. He hoped the official scorer would credit him with a rebound -- his 10th -- off the miss.

But he was not allowed the shot or rebound officially.

Coach Keith Smart initially said Monday that embarrassment was punishment enough for the team's leading scorer and that a fine was not planned. But the team said Tuesday night that Davis has been fined.

 

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