Kings' Artest suspended for one game
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Ron Artest of the Sacramento Kings was suspended one game without pay for hitting Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs in the head with his forearm.
The suspension was announced Monday by the league. Artest, a former Indiana Pacer, will miss Game 2 of the Western Conference series on Tuesday.
The contact occurred in the third period of the Spurs’ 122-88 win Saturday night against the visiting Kings.
Artest was hit in the mouth by Ginobili’s elbow on the game’s opening possession. The cut inside his upper lip required three stitches