Isaac
Years ago

Haslem suspended one game, Pittman three

The NBA has come down hard on Miami Heat players Udonis Haslem and Dexter Pittman, suspending them for retaliatory flagrant fouls during Game 5 of their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.

Haslem was suspended by NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson for Thursday's Game 6 and Pittman was suspended for three games. Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough, who also committed a flagrant foul on Heat star Dwyane Wade, had his foul upgraded to a flagrant foul 2 from a flagrant 1, but he avoided suspension.

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www.AussieHoopla.com
Years ago

Come on Pacers!!!

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Aussiebballer
Years ago

Seems fair enough from what I saw during the game.
They could have suspended Pittman even more considering it was obviously an intentional act.

Juwan Howard may have suggested it to him, as he has been trying to start a fight with him since Stephenson did a choking sign to Lebron earlier in the series.

Pacers really need to win game 6 with the Heat missing Bosh and Haslem.

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Latrentis
Years ago

Seems fair, still Pacers will be hurting with their 2 injuries. All depends on if those guys can play healthy, if not Miami wins since losing Haslem and Pittman isn't that big of an issue for them. Would love to see Indy win the series but if Lebron and Wade step up it will be pretty hard to beat the Heat.
Can't wait for OKC vs SA series. Dare I say it's the 'championship' series?

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celtic green
Years ago

Pittmans shot was nasty, deserved more of a suspension in my opinion. No place for that stuff in basketball

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Tweet Tweet
Years ago

Pittman should have been banished from the league for life and Haslem should have been suspended for a year.

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