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Los Angeles (AFP)
The NBA announced this Saturday a one-game sanction against Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley for shoving Chris Paul (Suns) in the back in the last game of the Western Conference final.
“Patrick Beverley has been suspended one game without pay for an unsportsmanlike act by shoving Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul from behind and throwing him onto the court during a game interruption,” the basketball league said in a statement.
Beverley, recognized for the aggressiveness of his game, will thus miss the first game of the 2021-22 season.
The unsportsmanlike action of the point guard occurred on Wednesday with five minutes and 49 seconds remaining until the end of the sixth game of the series, in which the Suns achieved a clear victory (130-103) that gave them the pass to the Finals of the NBA by aggregate score of 4-2.
At the time the Clippers had called for a timeout after Chris Paul, who scored 31 of his 41 points in a dreamy second half, had driven the Suns a final 26 points clear.
The two players exchanged a few words on the way to their benches, after which Beverley turned around and gave Paul a hard push from behind, causing him to be sent off the game.
The 32-year-old Beverley averaged 4.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in 19 minutes per game in these playoffs.
© 2021 AFP
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