Dahntay Jones doesn't see much playing time with the Cavaliers, so when he entered Monday's playoff game against the Raptors he wanted to make the most of it. Unfortunately for the 36-year-old veteran, it's going to cost him.
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Jones entered in the waning seconds of the Cavaliers' rout of the Raptors and managed to record one dunk, two technical fouls and one ejection in about one minute.
After dunking on a fastbreak, Jones stared down the Raptors' Jakob Poeltl and talked a bit a bit of trash, earning him a first technical foul. Poeltl responded but Jones kept it up, earning a second technical and an automatic ejection with just 18 seconds left in the game.
The ejection is sure going to cost him.
Dahntay Jones made $9,000 from Cavs this season. He just got fined $6,000 for 2 techs and an ejection.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) May 2, 2017
Luckily for Jones, LeBron James has his back.
"And I told him tonight, I said, 'Listen, Dante. Enough is enough, stop getting kicked out against Toronto all the time, alright? (So I can) stop paying your damn fines.' But yeah, he don't have to worry about it. He's good," James said.
LeBron James on Dahntay Jones' ejection: "Enough is enough, stop getting kicked out against Toronto so I can stop paying your damn fines." pic.twitter.com/ZGz8UQhZw2
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) May 2, 2017
A year ago in the Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron picked up the $80 tab for Jones after he was suspended without pay for punching Bismack Biyombo.