NEW YORK – Liberty coach Bill Laimbeer was fined an undisclosed amount by the WNBA on Thursday for comments he made after New York's 31-point loss to the Lynx on Sunday night at Target Center.

Laimbeer criticized Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve for leaving All-Star Maya Moore in the game in the fourth quarter with the Lynx comfortably ahead. And then the former Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" center known for his hard fouls as a player went further, suggested someone should hurt Moore, which is why he was fined.

Moore, the league's player of the week two weeks ago, scored a season-high 28 points, making her last three-pointer with about four minutes left to make the score 81-54.

"I was a little disappointed," Laimbeer said, "they left Maya Moore in the game just to try to get player of the week again when the game was out of control. She should get hurt for that."

The two teams will play again in New York on Tuesday night.

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