NEW YORK — The NBA suspended Orlando’s Mo Bamba for four games and Minnesota’s Austin Rivers for three games for their roles in one dispute in court Friday night.
Jalen Suggs of the Magic will miss a game, the league said, because of escalation the incident.
The league announced the suspensions on Saturday. Bamba loses $284,138 in salary while Rivers loses about $60,121 and Suggs $47,740.
Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels has been fined $20,000 for involvement in the altercation. Bamba, Rivers, Suggs and McDaniels were all ejected, as was Minnesota’s Taurean Prince. The NBA did not issue an additional sanction to Prince on Saturday.
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Bamba and Rivers threw punches during the incident, and the NBA said Suggs and McDaniels “then entered the altercation as non-peacemakers.” Rooms where he also aggressively pushed a security representative.”
Both Rivers and Bamba had social media posts about the incident, which the league said continued escalation.
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