Noah brushes off Heat fan's obscene gesture
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In a photo that has made the rounds on the Internet, Noah can be seen walking off the American Airlines court in Miami with a female fan thrusting the lone digit into his face
Noah was reluctant to get too in depth about the incident after practice Thursday, but shot upright when asked if he typically has fun with fan interaction.
"Do you have fun when somebody sticks their middle finger in your face?" Noah said to ESPNChicago.com.
Noah admitted that unruly fans, especially during road games, are part of the gig, and concurred that hostile treatment goes back as far as high school as it has for most players who have reached the professional level.
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The South Florida Sun-Sentinel identified the fan who gave Noah the middle finger as Filomena Tobias, the widow of former CNBC commentator and hedge fund manager Seth Tobias.
"She's embarrassed, but she is being a good sport," Tobias' daughter, Victoria Racanati, told the newspaper. "She was having fun just like any other fan. All she has to say is that people need to get a life."
Racanati said the family is Miami season-ticket holders who attend every game.
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/9260081/joakim-noah-chicago-bulls-brushes-obscene-gesture-fan-miami
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"Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson received a $25,000 fine for "verbal abuse of a game official," NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Stu Jackson announced Friday. The fine stems from Gibson's ejection at the 10:13 mark of the fourth quarter of Chicago’s historic 115-78 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 2 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series.
Gibson was frustrated at what he felt was a missed goaltending call against Heat center Chris Andersen on the prior Chicago possession. After a foul on Bulls guard Marquis Teague, Chicago center Joakim Noah began arguing with official Scott Foster from the Bulls' bench, resulting in a technical foul, his second of the game, prompting his automatic ejection."
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/bulls-taj-gibson-fined-25k-verbal-abuse-refs-181300625.html
(some nice video at link) 
Go Heat! 
