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Ibaka, Johnson each suspended one game for throwing punches

Xinhua,January 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Miami Heat forward James Johnson and Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka have each been suspended one game without pay for throwing punches at one another, the NBA announced on Wednesday.

The incident occurred with 7:50 remaining in the third quarter of the Heat's 90-89 victory over the Raptors on Tuesday.

The NBA also fined the Raptors' DeMar DeRozan 25,000 US dollars and the Heat's Goran Dragic 10,000 US dollars for an altercation at the end of the game, during which DeRozan attempted to forcefully shove Dragic. Enditem