--- description: Josh McRoberts' on court elbow against Miami’s Lebron James will set him back $20,000 title: NBA: McRoberts Hit With $20k Fine for Elbowing Lebron image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [NBA](/tag/nba/) ## NBA Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Josh McRoberts Slammed with $20K Fine After Elbowing Lebron by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 9:27 AM CUT by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 9:27 AM CUT NBA officials [laid down the law](http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/%5F/id/10834852/2014-nba-playoffs-josh-mcroberts-charlotte-bobcats-fined-20k-foul-lebron-james-miami-heat "undefined") with Charlotte’s Josh McRoberts on Thursday. After reviewing footage of the nasty elbow McRoberts slammed into Lebron James’s throat late in the fourth quarter of game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal in Miami, league officials hit the Bobcat’s forward with a $20,000 fine and upgraded the initial foul to a Flagrant 2 excessive contact penalty. However, NBA officials stopped short of suspending McRoberts from Saturday’s playoff game with the Heat. “For me, real time, he was coming pretty fast down the lane,” said McRoberts following Wednesday’s game. “He’s a real strong guy and I was just trying to stop him from first getting the shot up. It looked worse than it was.” But according to James, he was “attacked in the lane” by McRoberts. “I got elbowed in the throat … it’s not a very good feeling,” said James during a post-game interview, according to ESPN. “The important thing is that we won the game.” Miami is currently two games up in the series against the Bobcats and will head to Charlotte on Saturday for game 3 of the opening round of the playoffs. \[[ESPN](http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/%5F/id/10834852/2014-nba-playoffs-josh-mcroberts-charlotte-bobcats-fined-20k-foul-lebron-james-miami-heat "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/76917/josh-mcroberts-20k-fine-elbowing-lebron/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/76917/josh-mcroberts-20k-fine-elbowing-lebron/"},"headline":"Josh McRoberts Slammed with $20K Fine After Elbowing Lebron","datePublished":"2014-04-25T09:27:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:29:58.242Z","description":"Josh McRoberts' on-court elbow against Miami’s Lebron James will set him back $20,000, but the Charlotte Bobcats forward is still eligible to play against Miami in game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal on Saturday","url":"https://time.com/76917/josh-mcroberts-20k-fine-elbowing-lebron/","keywords":["NBA","Basketball","Lebron James","Playoffs"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nba/","name":"NBA"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/76917/josh-mcroberts-20k-fine-elbowing-lebron/","name":"Josh McRoberts Slammed with $20K Fine After Elbowing Lebron"}}]}] ```