Jimmy Butler among five NBA players suspended after Heat-Pelicans brawl
NY Post
After all of the chaos and shoving that unfolded Friday night, five players from the Heat and Pelicans — including Jimmy Butler — were suspended, the NBA announced Sunday.
Butler and Pelicans forward Naji Marshall each were suspended for one game for “instigating and engaging in an on-court altercation,” while Thomas Bryant and Jose Alvarado were suspended three games for leaving the Miami and New Orleans benches, respectively, and fighting on the court.
Nikola Jović, a Heat forward, was suspended one game for leaving their bench during the brawl and “entering an on-court altercation,” and those absences will start — or be served — when the teams each play their next game.
The incident occurred early in the fourth quarter of their game Friday, when Zion Williamson stole the ball and was grabbed by Kevin Love when attempting a layup — causing him to fall onto the Smoothie King Center court after the shot attempt.
A cluster of players raced over, and at one point, Butler tried to pull Marshall away from the group and received a shove from the 26-year-old small forward in return.
Later, as the shoving continued, Marshall appeared to grab the area around Butler’s neck.
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