Chicago Bulls Coach Fined $35,000 For Flop Comments Against LeBron James After Game Three [VIDEO]

Chicago Bulls coach fined $35,000 for his postgame comments about LeBron James flopping during game-three of the Bulls-Heat series. Tom Thibodeau's comments was enough to warrant a fine in the eyes of the NBA office.

The comments that got Chicago Bulls coach fined $35,000 were because he said, "From my angle, I saw a guy basically flop," Thibodeau said of James. "I don't think it warranted an ejection. I understand a flagrant foul, I understand that, but ejection, no, nope."

Thibodeau added to the previous comment, which might have also caused the Chicago Bulls coach fined $35,000 for his comments.

"I see how things are going, I watch very closely," Thibodeau said after Game 3. "We're not going to get calls, that's reality.

On Sunday after game-three, James responded to the flop allegations.

"It's kind of the same as when people said I was overrated, I have the same response," James said. "I don't need to flop. I play an aggressive game but I don't flop. I've never been one of those guys. I don't need to flop. I don't even know how to do it. So it doesn't mean much to me."

Game four of this series that is led 2-1 by the Heat takes place Monday in Chicago.

One comment that has spread throughout social media was from Bulls guard Nate Robinson.

"You see LeBron in a lot of commercials," Robinson told Yahoo! Sports. "A lot of good acting."