CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for aggressively pursuing, berating and making inadvertent contact with a game official. The fine stems from Atkinson’s ejection with 10:59 remaining in the fourth quarter of Cleveland’s 126-113 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday at Mortgage Matchup Center.

Several contending teams in the Eastern Conference are reportedly expected to take varying approaches to the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline.

Good morning, it’s Sunday, February 1st. The Cleveland Cavaliers are 29-21 and play the Portland Trail Blazers on the road tonight. Cleveland lost to the Suns on Friday in a blowout defeat.

PHOENIX — The streak is over — and Kenny Atkinson wasn’t around to see it end. The Cavs lost the first game of this lengthy West Coast road trip to the Phoenix Suns, 126-113, on Friday night inside Mortgage Matchup Center.