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Doc Rivers fined $25K for ripping ref (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Boston coach Doc Rivers has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for criticizing a referee earlier in the week. Rivers was penalized Thursday. He was irate following the Celtics' 127-121 loss at Chicago on Tuesday night, after he got whistled for his second technical foul in the final minute. That led to an automatic ejection and a rant against referee Bill Kennedy.