The NBA has fined Jerome $25,000 for his comments, it announced Monday afternoon. Jerome's diatribe included criticism of one official—Natalie Sago—by name after a game with 7

Once the whistles stopped blowing, Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome cried foul. Upset with an inordinate number of personals called during Cleveland’s 133-129 overtime win against Portland on Sunday, Jerome didn’t hold back in criticizing the officiating crew and zeroed in on referee Natalie Sago.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome was “especially” not happy with NBA official Natalie Sago during a sloppy 133-129 overtime win against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.

Chris Fedor, Cavaliers insider for Cleveland.com, recently spoke about the Jerome situation on the Wine and Gold talk podcast and predicted the Cavs and the guard would somehow figure out a way for him to return next year.

After the game, in which officials called 53 personal fouls, Jerome offered some candid criticism of the officiating crew and called out referee Natalie Sago by name.

Ty Jerome called out the referees for their performance, with one female referee being bizarrely name-checked in his comments.

I thought the refs were really bad tonight, especially Natalie [Sago], she was really bad,” Jerome said when asked about the number of free throws. “Stuff like that happens

I thought the refs were really bad tonight. Especially Natalie, she was really bad.”Source: Twitter @RealDCunningham What’s the buzz