NEW YORK – Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray was suspended one sport with out pay by the NBA on Monday after clashing with a referee following his staff’s sport 4 loss to Boston.
The incident passed off on the finish of Boston’s 129-121 victory in Atlanta, which gave the Celtics a 3-1 edge of their best-of-seven opening spherical NBA playoff sequence.
Murray was suspended for making inappropriate contact with a referee and verbal abuse. He will serve his suspension on Tuesday when the Hawks go to Boston in a must-win sport 5.
Video confirmed Murray making contact with referee Gediminas Petraitis and later confirmed Murray yelling at somebody.
The league investigated the incident, with NBA guidelines stipulating that any intentional contact with a referee brings an automated one-game suspension.
Murray averaged 20.5 factors and 6.1 assists for the Hawks this season and in opposition to the Celtics is averaging 25.3 factors, 7.3 rebounds, 5.8 assists and a couple of.3 steals a sport for the Hawks. — Agence France-Presse
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