DeJuan Blair, Nene, Daniel Orton and Xavier Silas of the Washington Wizards have each been suspended for one game for leaving their team’s bench area in Monday’s preseason game against the Chicago Bulls.
The four players left the bench during a shoving match between the Bulls’ Joakim Noah and the Wizards’ Paul Pierce.
Noah was fined $15,000 for starting the altercation with 8:57 remaining in the opening quarter Monday by pushing Pierce in the chest. Pierce also was fined $15,000 for poking Noah in the forehead with his index finger.
NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn handed out the discipline.
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