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On Saturday, Wnba submitted its punishment for the coach Minnesota Linx Cheryl Rive After her actions during and after Friday loss of the play -off in the Phoenix Mercury.
Rive was suspended for the game of the 4th series of the semifinals and ordered to pay a fine.
At the end of the fourth quarter of the game, 3 Rive was noticed to aggressively pursue the referee. After that, she seemed to be engaged in an oral quarrel with an official. Linx was excluded from discord after the defeat of 86-81 on Sunday.
On Tuesday, Sports He said that Rive was fined $ 15,000.
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The head coach of Minnesota Lynx Cheryl Rive reacts in the second half of the game 5 play -off WNBA 2024 against the Connecticut Sun in Target Center. (MATT KROHN/IMAGEN IMAGES)
This figure will become one of the largest fines that Wnba gave out when the liba. In 2021, Diana Taurasi was fined $ 2500 for illegal contact with the referee during the game in the Wnba final this year.
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After its release last week, Reeve refused to leave the court within a reasonable time. In the fourth quarter, a little more than 21 seconds were left at a time when Rive was abandoned.
Minnesota Linx head coach Cheryl Rive reacts to a technical foul from an official during the first half of the game of 3 games in the play -off in the play -off in the Wnba basketball against Phoenix Mercury Friday, September 26, 2025, in the phenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Rive also seemed to send comments on the fans when she left the court. Then she aimed at Wnba, acting at the Friday press conference of postgama.
“If this is what the League wants, Ok, but I want to call for a change in leadership at the League level when it comes to refereeing,” said Riv. “The student team that we had tonight is for leadership to count these three people worthy of the semi -finals, this is a atrocity.”
Isaac Barnett, Randy Richardson and Jenna Renault were three officials on Friday evening.
The performance in which Drew Rive was Alissa Thomas, stole the ball from the Nafais Colliera near the 3-point line and went to the other end to get rid of the game.
Kollier damaged her leg in the game, and she had to help in the locker room. Riva said that the stain “probably has a fracture”, although she did not specify the injury.
Although, after the clash, Collier crashed to the court, the National Association of Basketball Judges published the main point of the play on social networks, explaining why the officials are right so as not to blow up the whistle.
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Rive, the second on the right, shouts to officials, because she is restrained by Lynx head coach Eric Tibo, the center and guard Lynx, on the right, on the right, after she was expelled after receiving the second technical foul in the second half of the 3 series of Wnba Semifinals series of the PHOENIX series, PHOENIX. 26, 20, Friday. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
“This is not a foul” The post said. “Thomas legally gets to the ball and knocks down the ball to any contact. The contact of the leg to the leg is random when the ball is clearly free. ”
Assistant Minnesota Coaches Eric Tibo and Rebecca Brunzon were also fined by the League. Thibault was fined for his inappropriate interaction with an official in court. Branson was fined for an inappropriate comment on social networks, aimed at Wnba officials.
According to sports sports, Tibo and Branson, $ 500 were released.
As a result, it was also reported that the League transferred fines in the amount of $ 1,000 Las Vegas Aces Coach Bekki Hammon and Indiana fever coach Stefani White, respectively. Discipline followed the support of Riva coaches and their vocal criticism of officials.
“From what I heard, she did not tell a lie. She told the truth, ”Hammon said before the Sunday game of the Lynx-Mercury semifinals. “I think that something should change.
“When the players are in vulnerable positions, such as jumping or running at full speed, I think you should protect them. You must protect your product. If it was Lebron James or it was Shai Gilgeus-Alexander or someone like this, they will protect some of these players. ”
Meanwhile, White claimed that Rive “made many reliable moments” and noted that “at some time there should be some responsibility.”
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Wnba Commissioner Katie Engelbert performed in execution during All-Star Weekend in July.
“As we go ahead by execution, we hear problems. We take this part in the employee, ”said Engelbert. “Each game is considered. We spend hours and watches. Obviously, we use this, and then to teach officials.
“The sequence is important. I think that some people observe our game in comparison with other basketball formats (and, think), is not called tons of fouls, but I understand that the sequence is the name of the game. ”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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