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.

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.

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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.