The NBA has suspended Orlando’s Mo Bamba for four games and Minnesota’s Austin Rivers for three games for their roles in Friday night’s on-court brawl.
The league said that Jalen Suggs of the Magic would miss one game to escalate the incident.
The league announced the suspension on Saturday. Bamba will lose $284,138 in salary, while Rivers will lose $60,121 and Suggs will lose $47,740.
Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels was fined $20,000 for his involvement in the brawl. Bamba, Rivers, Suggs and McDaniel were all ejected, as was Minnesota’s Taurean Prince. On Saturday, the NBA did not give Prince any additional clearance.
Bamba and Rivers threw punches during the incident, and the NBA stated that Suggs and McDaniels “then entered the brawl as non-peacemakers.” The league also stated that Bamba “attempted to engage with Rivers in a hostile manner in the corridor outside the locker room, where he aggressively pushed a security representative.”
Both Rivers and Bamba had social media posts about the incident, which the league said continued to escalate.