So much for a lesson learned.

The Denver Nuggets’ Reggie Evans was fined $10,000 and assessed a flagrant foul for reaching under the shorts of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Kaman during their first-round series.

On Wednesday, the Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Terry punched the San Antonio Spurs’ Michael Finley between the legs and was suspended for Friday’s Game 6.

Exasperated, Dallas Coach Avery Johnson advised, “The rule is clear. You punch, you get suspended. So, next time, grab.”

Insult to injury

Louisiana State distance runner Drew Haro, in Springdale, Ark., for a track meet, was arrested after a late-night drinking binge, which was followed by a footrace with a policeman.

He was charged with being intoxicated in public, fined $410 and humiliated by Judge Stan Ludwig, who was quoted in the Springdale Morning News saying, “No wonder you guys lost the track meet. You can’t even outrun a Springdale cop.”

Leaving him short

After diminutive quarterback Doug Flutie, 43, announced his retirement from football after 21 seasons as a pro, Greg Cote of the Miami Herald wrote: “They plan to present him with a rocking chair, along with a step stool so he can reach it.”

It’s never too late

Elgin Baylor’s being named NBA executive of the year, after 20 years as general manager of a Clippers team famous for its futility, prompted the Web site Deadspin.com to proclaim that there’s now hope for everyone:

“If you work at McDonald’s, and every single day that you work there, you drop your wristwatch into the fryer and roll all of the Chicken McNuggets around on the bathroom floor before serving them, you’re still one good month away from getting your picture up on that Employee of the Month plaque.

“The message here: You stay on the grind, Isiah. Your day is coming.”