It’s not called show business for nothing.

In the NBA, if you don’t’ show up, you get fined.

The league dropped a $250,000 fine on the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday, Dec. 4 for violation of the Player Participation Policy, accusing the team of flouting the rule last week in back-to-back games against the Los Angeles Clippers (Nov. 23) and Nov. 24 against the Toronto Raptors .

The player involved: guard Darius Garland . Garland played against the Clippers in a locally televised game while the team held him out against the Raptors, a nationally televised game, violating the NBA policy.

The team was fined $100,000 in November after Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley sat out a nationally televised game.

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