{"id":596386,"date":"2026-02-11T09:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/596386\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:03:21","slug":"bulls-collin-sexton-fined-35k-for-flipping-off-basket-in-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/596386\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls&#8217; Collin Sexton fined $35K for flipping off basket in frustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A moment of frustration has cost Collin Sexton a hefty chunk of change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/bulls-collin-sexton-fined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was handed a $35,000 fine<\/a> on Tuesday night for flipping off the hoop at Barclays Center during <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/09\/sports\/nolan-traore-powers-nets-to-win-over-bulls-as-rookies-emergence-continues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago\u2019s 123-115 loss to the Nets<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago Bulls guard Collin Sexton has been fined $35,000 for making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court,\u201d the NBA announced in a release on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38454402\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Collin-Sexton-1.jpg\" alt=\"Collin-Sexton\" class=\"wp-image-38454402\"  \/>Collin Sexton flipped off the basket during the Bulls\u2019 loss to the Nets on Feb. 9, 2026 at Barclays Center after missing a free throw. It earned him a sizable fine. RotoWire Sports Betting\/X<\/p>\n<p>The gesture came in the third quarter after he missed a free-throw attempt before hitting his second shot from the charity stripe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As he was walking backward to go back on defense, Sexton, 27, raised his middle finger in the air very quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While somewhat comical, it will cost Sexton, as it is something the NBA discourages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sexton finished the game with 21 points and five rebounds, shooting 6-of-8 from the free-throw line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The game marked his second as a member of the Bulls after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/04\/sports\/bulls-trade-coby-white-mike-conley-to-hornets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded last week by the Hornets<\/a>, with Coby White going to Charlotte.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38454397\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2260285310.jpg\" alt=\"Collin Sexton #2 of the Chicago Bulls looks on during the game against the Brooklyn Nets on February 9, 2026 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-38454397\"  \/>Collin Sexton looks on during the Bulls\u2019 loss to the Nets at Barclays Center on Feb. 9, 2026. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sexton played the first four years of his NBA career with the Cavaliers before spending three seasons with the Jazz and beginning this season in Charlotte.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has put up 14.4 points in 22.7 minutes per game this season, primarily coming off the bench. In two games with Chicago, he\u2019s average 19 points and four rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls have lost five straight games and are losers in eight of their last nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chicago plays one final game against the Celtics on Friday before entering the NBA All-Star break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A moment of frustration has cost Collin Sexton a hefty chunk of change.\u00a0 The Bulls guard was handed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7264,7,247,920,919,329,3824,1585,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-596386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-barclays-center","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-bulls","12":"tag-chicago","13":"tag-chicago-bulls","14":"tag-chicagobulls","15":"tag-collin-sexton","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116051195648740020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596386","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=596386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}