VanDeWeghe clearly indicated that Rondo did not acknowledge spitting on Paul. Sections U. Science Technology Business U. The Rockets won, The Los Angeles Lakers will be without two members of their starting five for a little while.
As a result of the fireworks on Saturday night , Brandon Ingram will be suspended for the next four games and Rajon Rondo will be suspended three games. Chris Paul , who was also involved in the scrum, garnered a two-game suspension.
Says Rondo instigated, spat and threw punches. Says Paul poked and three punches. The Lakers play San Antonio on Monday. In its announcement of the suspensions, Ingram was suspended for "aggressively returning to and escalating the altercation and throwing a punch in the direction of Paul, confronting a game official in a hostile manner, and instigating the overall incident by shoving Rockets guard James Harden.
Paul was suspended for "poking at and making contact with the face of Rondo, and throwing multiple punches at him. Executive vice president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe defended the length of the suspensions against calls for harsher punishment.
We have been waiting on these suspensions largely to see how the NBA would discipline one of the first actual fights in some time. A maximum of four games seems a little light to me. Rondo only getting three games despite having spit on an opponent is also pretty wild.
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