LOS ANGELES — Julius Randle gave his mea culpa Sunday morning at UCLA, and an hour later the NBA rocked him with a $50,000 fine for the Cam Johnson incident.
The NBA announced the fine was because Randle “forcefully shoved” Johnson, made contact with an NBA official and didn’t participate in an NBA investigation.
The enigmatic Knicks forward was in good spirits Sunday after the morning shootaround, but that was before learning of the big fine — the third Randle-related fine of the season.
Randle admitted to being “hurt” about letting his teammates down and already issuing his apologies to the team.
Randle was ejected Friday night in Phoenix with the Knicks up 10 points late in the third quarter after pushing Johnson, who wound up winning the game with a buzzer-beating, banked-in 3-pointer in a killer 115-114 loss.
Julius Randle (l.) was fined for shoving Cam Johnson (r.) during the Knicks’ loss to the Suns on March 4,…