<table style="width: 122px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="122" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/apr/kobelate.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Kobe Bryant</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>The NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 on Wednesday for using an anti-gay slur after he was slapped with a technical foul in the Lakers 102-93 victory over San Antonio on Tuesday.<br /><br />"Kobe Bryant's comment during last night's game was offensive and inexcusable," NBA commissioner David Stern said.<br /><br />"While I'm fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated. Accordingly, I have fined Kobe $100,000. <br /><br />Television cameras, but not a microphone, captured Bryant's outburst when he returned to the bench after receiving a technical foul.<br /><br />The video shows Bryant trying and failing to get referee Bennie Adams' attention then apparently mouthing "faggot". He also punched his chair and tossed a towel after the foul call.

The NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 on Wednesday for using an anti-gay slur after he was slapped with a technical foul in the Lakers 102-93 victory over San Antonio on Tuesday

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