SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Utah Jazz were fined by the NBA for a mock phone call that made fun of Karl Malone and teammate Kobe Bryant during a timeout of the Los Angeles Lakers' game at Utah last week.

Jazz president Dennis Haslam confirmed Friday that the team had been fined, but would not confirm reports that it was $15,000. The NBA did not return a phone call seeking comment.

``There's really not a lot to say. We had an incident, we sent an apology and the NBA has fined us,'' Haslam said Friday.

During a timeout during the game last Saturday, Jazz mascot ``Bear'' answered a fake call that was broadcast over the loudspeakers. The caller imitated Malone's voice and identified himself as ``Mail,'' saying he wanted to come ``home,'' L.A. fans were ``mean'' to him and the Lakers don't pass him the ball.

The call ended with the impersonated voice saying, ``I guess it could be worse. I could be Ko...,'' stopping short of saying Kobe.

Bryant had spent the previous day in Colorado, where he's facing a trial on a sexual assault charge.

Malone, who did not attend the game, was offended that the Jazz alluded to Bryant's sexual assault case in part of a joke.

``For them to put that out there about him, that's disrespectful,'' Malone said before the Lakers' home game against Seattle on Wednesday night. ``I will never, ever forgive them for this. No class at all.''

Malone, who played 18 seasons with the Jazz, is on the injured list and did not return to Salt Lake City for his first game as a Utah opponent.

Jazz spokesman Kim Turner, who also would not confirm the amount of the fine on Friday, said Malone's comments were the first negative feedback he had heard about the skit since the game.

``The Utah Jazz have extended an apology to the Los Angeles Lakers organization,'' Turner said Thursday, without elaborating.