{"id":645754,"date":"2026-03-07T18:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T18:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645754\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T18:46:24","slug":"mavericks-khris-middleton-fined-25000-for-throwing-mouthpiece-toward-stands-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/645754\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks’ Khris Middleton fined $25,000 for throwing mouthpiece toward stands in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA announced Saturday that Dallas Mavericks guard Khris Middleton was fined $25,000<\/a> for throwing his mouthpiece \u201cin the direction of the spectator stands\u201d at Kia Arena during Thursday\u2019s 115-114 loss<\/a> to the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n

When exactly the incident occurred or what may have provoked Middleton\u2019s actions was not reported. Middleton scored a game-high 19 points for Dallas, his second-best point total since going to the Mavericks in the blockbuster deal<\/a> that sent Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n

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Middleton, 34, soon thereafter opted to stay with Dallas<\/a> rather than be bought out of his contract, despite reported interest from playoff contenders, including the Denver Nuggets. He will become a free agent after the season, but co-interim general manager Michael Finley said<\/a> the Mavericks would like to re-sign him, calling him \u201ca consummate pro.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 11 games with the Mavericks, Middleton is averaging 12.4 points and 4.3 rebounds and shooting 28% on 3-point attempts. Including his stint with the Wizards, Middleton has played 45 games this season, averaging 10.8 points, 4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game while shooting 32% on 3s.<\/p>\n

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Middleton has played 14 NBA seasons, 12 of them with the Milwaukee Bucks. A three-time All-Star, he has a career scoring average of 16.3 points and 38% shooting from 3-point range. He was traded to the Wizards last season<\/a> for Kyle Kuzma.<\/p>\n

At 21-42, Dallas currently holds the 12th spot in the Western Conference<\/a>, 8.5 games behind the Portland Trail Blazers for the No. 10 seed and a berth in the NBA play-in tournament.<\/p>\n

After Friday\u2019s 120-100 loss<\/a> to the Boston Celtics (with Jayson Tatum returning for Boston<\/a>), the Mavericks continue their Eastern road trip on Sunday versus the Toronto Raptors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA announced Saturday that Dallas Mavericks guard Khris Middleton was fined $25,000 for throwing his mouthpiece \u201cin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[495,7,75,686,149,4057,187,77,2039,124,166,13147,121,6,76,471,490,476,468,83605],"class_list":["post-645754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-anthony-davis","tag-basketball","tag-boston-celtics","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-jayson-tatum","tag-khris-middleton","tag-kyle-kuzma","tag-mavericks","tag-michael-finley","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-the-mavericks","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-washington-wizards","tag-yahoo-fantasy-baseball"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116189382814582003","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645754","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=645754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}