By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 02:53 GMT, 23 November 2025 | Updated: 02:53 GMT, 23 November 2025
PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks has been fined $35,000 for "confronting and directing inappropriate language toward game officials" following [the team's 114-113 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves](https://apnews.com/article/phoenix-suns-comeback-timberwolves-b24ad4a8e4d0926d5b168c29383ccf85) on Friday night.
The decision was announced on Saturday by James Jones, who is the league's head of basketball operations.
Brooks scored a team-high 22 points for the Suns, who rallied from an 113-105 deficit in the final minute to stun the Timberwolves for their seventh win in eight games. Brooks fouled out with 18 seconds left in the game.
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Phoenix Suns guard Dillon Brooks (3) drives past Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe (17) during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Molly J. Smith)