{"id":3485,"date":"2025-04-29T05:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/3485\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:01:11","slug":"technical-fouls-in-the-nba-playoffs-how-do-they-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/3485\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical fouls in the NBA playoffs: How do they work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been no shortage of technical fouls in these NBA playoffs, as emotions run high and players grow tired of the same opponents.<\/p>\n

There already have been small dust-ups across multiple series \u2014 the Warriors-Rockets<\/a>, Knicks-Pistons, Pacers-Bucks, Nuggets-Clippers and Lakers-Timberwolves have each seen players scrap, to varying degrees.<\/p>\n

In particular, Monday night\u2019s Golden State-Houston game saw multiple stoppages<\/a> during which officials reviewed extracurricular activity; Rockets forward Tari Eason and guard Dillon Brooks and Warriors<\/a> guard Stephen Curry and forward Draymond Green were each assessed a tech \u2014 and that was in the second quarter, alone.<\/p>\n

In the third quarter, the Warriors were even called for a delay of game technical foul, though that one was not assessed to any player.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about how technical fouls work in the NBA playoffs:<\/p>\n

How do technical fouls work in the 2025 NBA playoffs?<\/p>\n

All technical fouls from the regular season reset at the start of the playoffs, which means that all players participating start with a clean slate. Whereas a 16th technical foul in the regular season would trigger a suspension, the number in the postseason is seven, with multiple suspensions possible with additional infractions.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, there are fines and additional consequences that arise from each technical foul assessed in the postseason.<\/p>\n

The NBA, however, has the option to rescind technical fouls on review<\/a>, as it does in the regular season.<\/p>\n

What is the discipline for technical fouls in the 2025 NBA Playoffs?\"Warriors<\/p>\n

Warriors forward Draymond Green pulls on the jersey of Rockets forward Tari Eason during the second quarter of Game 4. Eason was called for a technical foul for his actions after the play.<\/p>\n

Technical fouls Nos. 1 and 2 result in a fine of $2,000 per infraction.<\/p>\n

Technical fouls Nos. 3 and 4 result in a fine of\u00a0$3,000 per infraction.<\/p>\n

Technical fouls Nos. 5 and 6 result in a fine of $4,000 per infraction; the NBA will send a warning letter to the offending player upon reaching his fifth technical of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Technical foul No. 7 results in a fine of $5,000 and a one-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Each additional technical foul results in a fine of $5,000.<\/p>\n

Each two additional technical fouls \u2014 Nos. 9, 11, 13 and so on \u2014 will trigger a suspension in addition to the $5,000 fine.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NBA playoff technicals: Rockets-Warriors Game 4 has 5. What are fines?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been no shortage of technical fouls in these NBA playoffs, as emotions run high and players…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,1195,200,6,11,573,873,1746],"class_list":{"0":"post-3485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dillon-brooks","10":"tag-draymond-green","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-playoffs","13":"tag-stephen-curry","14":"tag-tari-eason","15":"tag-technical-fouls"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114419497933169886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}