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Phoenix’s Booker Fined

January 26, 2019

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been fined $25,000 for escalating an on-court altercation by pushing Minnesota Timberwolves center Gorgui Dieng in the face, it was announced Thursday by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The incident, for which Booker and Dieng were each assessed a technical foul and ejected, occurred with 5:24 remaining in the third quarter of the Timberwolves’ 118-91 win over the Suns on Jan. 22 at Talking Stick Resort Arena. To view the incident, click on the following link: http://www.nba.com/video/2019/01/24/timberwolves-vs-suns

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Houston’s Ariza and Green Suspended Two Games

January 19, 2018

Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza and guard Gerald Green have each been suspended two games without pay for entering the Los Angeles Clippers’ locker room to confront a player from the opposing team, it was announced Wednesday by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

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Wizards’ Felix and Morris Suspended; Three Others Fined

November 4, 2017

Washington Wizards guard Carrick Felix and forward Markieff Morris have each been suspended one game without pay for leaving the bench area during an altercation.