The NBA fined Houston Rockets forward Corey Brewer $5,000 on Thursday for flopping in the team’s Game 2 win over the Clippers on Thursday at Toyota Center.
Replays showed that Brewer dramatically fell backwards and landed on floor underneath the basket after Clippers guard Lester Hudson mildly pushed him away during an inbounds play. Hudson was called for the foul on the call.
The monetary penalties for flopping increase with each offense in the playoffs, including fines worth $10,000 (second offense), $15,000 (third offense) and $30,000 (fourth offense). A fifth violation could prompt the NBA to punish with both an increased fine and suspension.
The NBA defines flopping “as any physical act that appears to have been intended to cause the
referees to call a foul on another player.” The league mostly determined if a player committed a flop based on whether “their physical reaction to contact with another player is inconsistent with what would reasonably be expected given the force or direction of the contact.”
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