Knicks coach Larry Brown was fined $20,000 Thursday by the NBA for failing to leave the court in a timely manner after he was ejected from New York’s 130-97 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Brown was thrown out for arguing with referee Steve Javie in the third quarter Tuesday night after New York was called for a flagrant foul and a technical within a two-minute span.

Brown was ejected during a timeout, picking up two quick technicals. He then walked onto the floor right up to Javie to continue the argument before being pulled away.

“I didn’t curse him,” Brown said Wednesday, before the fine was handed down. “I hadn’t talked to him the whole game. Obviously he thought I went over the line, and that’s his prerogative. Those things happen. It’s the first game I got kicked out.”