For the third time in the ongoing playoffs, the NBA handed out quite a notable fine to the Dallas Mavericks.

The NBA announced on Sunday that it issued a hefty $100,000 fine to the Mavericks for “continuing to violate league rules regarding team bench decorum.” The league did not pinpoint any such incident that occurred during Game 2 of the Western Conference finals series between the Mavs and the Golden State Warriors, although it did note that multiple players and even a coaching staff member “were on or encroaching upon the playing court” on “multiple occasions.”

Mavs owner Mark Cuban sure is not pleased to have received a third fine for this matter. He took to Twitter to highlight hypocrisy from the league office on its bench decorum regulations by posting a link to a compilation YouTube video of some of the best celebratory moments from the Brooklyn Nets bench during the 2018-2019 season. The league did not issue a substantial fine to the Nets for any of their grand bench celebrations during the campaign.

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Cuban then went on to sarcastically quote tweet “Our bench is out of control !” on a video where Warriors forward Draymond Green evaded receiving a second technical foul after a minor outburst during the latter half of Game 2.

The trio of fines that the Mavs have received for violating the league’s bench decorum rules totals a staggering $175,000.

It will be noteworthy to see if the Mavs bench plans to tone it down a bit for Game 3 or if the group will carry on without care on whether a fourth fine could be on the horizon.