The NBA announced that Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley has been suspended three games for shoving Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton in Tuesday night’s loss.
The altercation started when Austin Reaves was hit on the head by Devin Booker going up for a shot and fell to the ground. Booker momentarily stood over Reaves in a taunting manner despite fouling him. And then a few seconds later Ayton came over and did the same, which upset Beverley who came running in and shoved the Suns center to the ground.
After the officials reviewed the altercation, Beverley was ejected while Ayton was given a technical foul and Booker was assessed a flagrant 1 for the hit to the head.
In the press release announcing the suspension, the NBA said that Beverley’s suspension was “based in part on Beverley’s history of unsportsmanlike acts.”
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