Samuel Dalembert fined $15K for elbowing Valanciunas

Knicks center Samuel Dalembert avoided a Christmas Day suspension, but was fined $15,000 by the NBA for what was deemed a flagrant elbow thrown at the face of the Raptors’ Jonas Valanciunas.

Dalembert got ejected for a Flagrant 2 with 10:59 left in the third quarter. Dalembert told The Post it wasn’t intentional, that he was trying to free up his arms from Valanciunas’ hold.