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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Doc Rivers has been fined for comments about the officiating. (Al Bello/Getty Images Sport)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA has fined Celtics coach Doc Rivers $25,000 for publicly criticizing the league's officials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rivers' comments were made following Boston's ugly 87-71 loss to New York on Tuesday. His beef: the tight treatment of Kevin Garnett, who finished with 12 points (on 4-for-9 shooting), 11 rebounds and five fouls in just 24 minutes. Garnett was forced to the sideline less than four minutes into the game with two fouls and also picked up a rare moving screen call late in the game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WEEI.com reported\u00A0Rivers' pointed assessment as well as Garnett's non-reaction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI thought the fouls on Kevin were horrendous, and had a huge effect on us,\u201D Rivers said. \"He never got his rhythm when you could see he was going to have a game. It hurt us.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CAt times, it\u2019s frustrating,\u201D Garnett said. \u201CBut fouls are part of the game. Refs are calling things but it\u2019s an aggressive time in postseason play. I just have to be consistent and position myself not to foul so much.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rivers' frustration was understandable. The Celtics managed just 23 points in the second half, shooting just 4-for-18 in the third quarter and 3-for-18 in the fourth quarter. As Boston floundered, Carmelo Anthony was having his way, finishing with 34 points (on 11-for-24 shooting) in 39 minutes. J.R. Smith added 19 points (on 7-of-15 shooting) off the bench.\nGame 3 is set for Boston on Friday with the Knicks leading the series 2-0. New York is seeking its first playoff series victory since 2000; Boston has advanced to at least the second round of the playoffs in each of the last five seasons.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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