after the Heat-Pelicans incident five players were suspended including Jimmy Butler and Naji Marshall so they…..
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA s
aid on Sunday that Jimmy Butler of Miami and Naji Marshall of New Orleans had each received one game-long suspensions for starting an on-court brawl.
The incident took place Friday night during the Heat-Pelicans game.
Both Jose Alvarado of New Orleans and Thomas Bryant of Miami received three-game penalties for fighting and leaving the bench area. The league reported that Nikola Jovic of Miami was also given a one-game suspension for entering the brawl after leaving the bench area.
Butler, who didn’t believe he ought to be dismissed, will forfeit over $260,000 in base pay as a result of his suspension. The four other players will pay a total of approximately $115,000 for the remaining sanctions.Bryant will miss Miami’s Monday game against Sacramento, as well as games on Tuesday in Portland and Thursday in Denver, due to injuries to Butler and Jovic. Bryant was a member of the Nuggets team that defeated the Heat in the NBA Finals the previous season.I wrapped my fingers around his neck. Butler spoke about his encounter with Marshall after the game. “He put his hand around my neck,” Butler recalled. “And it just took off in that manner.”
It began when Kevin Love of Miami fouled Zion Williamson of New Orleans beneath the Pelicans’ basket. The league claimed that following the foul, Bryant and Alvarado got into a fight after Butler and Marshall “engaged in a physical altercation.”
The Heat won the game 106-95, but Alvarado, Bryant, Butler, and Marshall were given technical fouls and had to leave the court.
Alvarado will not play on Wednesday at Indiana, Tuesday in New York, or Sunday against Chicago .
