NEW YORK -- The NBA fined the Cleveland Cavaliers $250,000 on Thursday for violating the league’s player participation policy by resting All-Star guard Darius Garland for a nationally televised game against the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 24.

The NBA has fined the Cleveland Cavaliers $250,000 for sitting Darius Garland for the team's Nov. 24 nationally televised game against the Toronto Raptors, the league announced Thursday. Garland did play the previous day in a non-nationally televised game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers made one of their star players unavailable for the wrong game and paid a price for it.

As a player, Kerr earned five NBA titles. Now, as the coach of the Golden State Warriors, Kerr has led his team to four NBA titles while being named the Coach of the Year in 2016 and serving as the All-Star game head coach in 2015 and 2017.

Cleveland Cavaliers hit with $250,000 NBA fine after rule violation - Cleveland Cavaliers have been given a hefty fine for a rule breach