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Friday, April 14, 2006
You make the call
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The NBA today suspended Josh Childress two games for punching Chicago’s Andres Nocioni in the back of the head Wednesday night after Nocioni elbowed Childress in the throat. Childress was ejected from the game. Now he’ll miss tonight’s game against Charlotte and tomorrow’s game in Milwaukee against the Bucks.
For his part, Nocioni gets a $5,000 fine and “a Flagrant Foul Penalty Two for making unnecessary and excessive contact with Childress,” according to NBA.com.
What do you think? Is this punishment fair because a punch was thrown? Or is Childress getting slapped with a benching that is itself foul considering what led to him retaliating against Nocioni?
