The NBA yesterday fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 for using an anti-gay slur in frustration over a referee’s call Tuesday night. NBA Commissioner David Stern issued a swift disciplinary ruling after the Los Angeles Lakers’ five-time NBA champion guard cursed and used the homophobic slur when referee Bennie Adams called a technical foul on him during the third quarter of a victory over the San Antonio Spurs Tuesday. Bryant said his words came strictly out of anger and shouldn’t have been taken literally . . . The Lakers say center Andrew Bynum’s knee injury isn’t serious and probably won’t keep him out of their playoff opener . . . Pistons’ Charlie Villanueva was suspended for five games without pay including last night’s season ender with Philadelphia for initiating an on-court altercation Monday night with Cleveland’s Ryan Hollins . . . Timberwolves president David Kahn said owner Glen Taylor has assured him he will return next season, but Kahn declined to discuss the job status of coach Kurt Rambis . . . Rock Feller Sorel, a valet at a Miami Beach hotel, has filed a lawsuit against Gloria James, the mother of Heat star LeBron James, seeking more than $15,000 in damages less than a week after claiming she verbally abused and assaulted him while he was working.

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