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"The NBA has fined &lt;strong&gt;Chicago Bulls&lt;/strong&gt; center &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/joakim-noah/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joakim Noah&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; $50,000 for targeting a fan with a homophobic slur during last night's playoff game against the Miami Heat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/05/23/0523-joakim-ex-getty-03.jpg\" alt=\"0523_joakim_EX_Getty_03\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fine is exactly HALF the amount the league fined &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/kobe-bryant/\"&gt;Kobe Bryant&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;when he hurled the same word at a referee during a game earlier in the season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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