Washington Wizards’ players, DeJuan Blair, Nene, Daniel Orton and Xavier Silas have each been suspended for leaving the bench during an altercation between Joakim Noah and Paul Pierce. Bulls’ Noah and Wizards’ Pierce were each fined $15,000 for initiating the fight. OMG, yet another crazy story in the mad world of sports today…More details after the jump !
via BleacherReport
DeJuan Blair, Nene, Daniel Orton and Xavier Silas of the Washington Wizards were each suspended for the first game of the 2014-15 NBA regular season for leaving the bench during an in-game altercation between teammate Paul Pierce and Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah in Monday’s preseason opener.
The NBA levied the suspensions Wednesday, also fining Pierce and Noah $15,000 apiece for their roles instigating the scuffle. The incident happened early in the first quarter of Washington’s 85-81 win, with Noah first shoving Pierce and the Wizards forward retaliating with a poke to the head. Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was forced at one point to get between the two players.
“It’s good for TV, I guess,” Pierce said after the game, per Jorge Castillo of The Washington Post. “I don’t know what to say. It just happened. It’s not scripted, but it just happened.”
