The NBA has fined the Dallas Mavericks $50,000 for rule violations that target rivals.

For the second time since the end of the regular season, the Mavericks were fined $50,000.

Byron Spruill, the league’s chief of operations, announced the penalty ahead of the team’s first game against the Golden State Warriors in the West Zone Finals.

The association said in a statement that at several competitions, several Mavericks players and a member of the technical staff stood on the bench for a long time, but near the boundaries of the field during the game, in the seventh game against the Mavericks. and the Phoenix Suns in the regional semi-finals, which ended in a 123-90 victory for the Mavericks.

The Mavericks were fined $25,000 for similar violations during their first playoff game against the Utah Jazz.