Howard fined for flagrant foul Jan 2 05:43 PM US/Eastern Utah Jazz forward Josh Howard was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Monday for a flagrant foul, the league announced. Howard was called for a lesser degree foul against San Antonio's James Anderson on Saturday but after reviewing video footage of the foul, the league upgraded the violation to a level two foul and imposed the fine. The incident came with 3.3 seconds remaining in the third quarter of Utah's 104-89 loss at San Antonio. Howard is averaging 11 points and 3.0 assists a game for the Jazz, who have lost three of their first four games of the NBA season.