Miami Heat's Markieff Morris fined $25,000 for violating league rules

The NBA, which has doled out a number of fines during this postseason, added Markieff Morris to that list on Thursday.

The Heat forward has been docked $25,000 for interfering with live game play while on the bench, in violation of league rules, NBA Communications tweeted. Morris’ infraction occurred during Game 5, when Miami closed out its series against Atlanta.

Morris, who was not in the game at the time, grabbed and held Hawks guard De’Andre Hunter out of bounds, which prevented Hunter from completely reestablishing himself inbounds as he caught a pass from a teammate. Morris received an unsportsmanlike technical foul for his actions, which occurred during the third quarter.

Earlier in the day, the league fined Jimmy Butler and the Heat organization $15,000 apiece. Butler made an obscene gesture and the Heat organization posted Butler’s act on social media.

Morris was fined $50,000 for a dustup with Denver’s Nikola Jokic in November.