Frank Vogel was fined $15,000 for comments about how the “referees should officiate” the Pacers' upcoming series with the Heat, NBA Executive Vice President Stu Jackson announced Sunday.

"(The Heat) are the biggest flopping team in the NBA," Vogel said to the media Thursday. "It'll be very interesting to see how the referees officiate the series and how much flopping they reward.

"Every drive to the basket, they have guys not making a play on the ball," Vogel continued, "but sliding in front of drivers. Oftentimes they're falling down even before contact is even being made."