Robert Horry body checks Steve Nash into the scorer's table
Punishment: suspended 2 games (Amare and Diaw were each suspended for leaving the bench area).
Rajon Rondo throws Hinrich into the scorer's table then tries to elbow him in the head
Punishment: nothing
Kenyon Martin shoves Dirk Nowitzki
Punishment: $25,000 fine
Dwight Howard elbows Samuel Dalembert in the head
Punishment: suspended one game
Kobe Bryant elbows Ron Artest somewhere between his chest and throat
Punishment: Essentially nothing (upgraded to a flagrant 1)
Derek Fisher doing an NFL hit on Luis Scola
Punishment: Suspended one game
Rafer Alston slaps Eddie House in the back of the head
Punishment: Suspended one game
Rajon Rondo slaps Brad Miller in the face
Punishment: nothing
And most recently, Kendrick Perkins elbows Mickael Pietrus in the throat
Punishment: nothing
For the record, the Celtics are 3 for 3 on questionable plays reviewed by the league in this post season.
I wanted to look at the numbers to see if having a player that is suspended helps or hurts a team's chances of winning. This year the Magic won Game 6 vs Philadelphia when Howard was suspended and last night they won Game 3 vs Boston when Alston was suspended. The Lakers also won last night without Fisher. The Spurs won Games 5 and 6 when Robert Horry was suspended (although in Game 5 Phoenix didn't have Amare or Diaw due to suspension). I also remember Phoenix winning a Game 5 over the Lakers in 2006 after Raja Bell choke-slammed Kobe in Game 4. I haven't been able to find historical suspension data in the playoffs to fully investigate but it appears that no suspension for Perkins may be a bad thing for Boston.
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