Cleveland Cavaliers forward Marquese Chriss and Toronto Raptors centre Serge Ibaka throw punches in the third quarter at Quicken Loans Arena, in Cleveland.Serge Ibaka had yet to address his teammates Wednesday about the fight that cost him three games.
The NBA said Ibaka’s suspension was based on instigating the fight, throwing a punch at Chriss and his prior history of fighting. It’s the third suspension for Ibaka since 2017 for throwing punches. Ibaka also was handed a one-game team suspension in 2017 for an altercation with a Raptors staff member.
The positives are some enforced rest for Ibaka ahead of what could be a long playoff run and more playing time for Marc Gasol, who’s bounced up and down between the starting lineup and second unit since the Raptors acquired him in a deal at last month’s trade deadline. “You take two steps forward and one back and you just stay with it and be patient and don’t get frustrated, which could be easy at times,” Gasol said.“He’s making a lot of good decisions. He’s getting to a lot of spots. He’s not finishing a lot of things we think he can finish, even the three-ball. A lot of post moves he’s making fairly easily, and they’re not going in,” Nurse said.
“Could I have done something different? I called that play ,” Nurse said. “I wish I hadn’t have called that play and just eaten it. But that’s just not our style. We just don’t do it that way.”
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