NEW YORK — Chicago's Robin Lopez and Toronto's Serge Ibaka have both been suspended one game without pay by the NBA for fighting.
Lopez and Ibaka threw punches at one another during the Bulls-Raptors game. Lopez was barred from Chicago's home game with Detroit on Wednesday (Friday, Manila time), and Ibaka will not play when Toronto visits Miami on Thursday .
[See Serge Ibaka and Robin Lopez trade punches, thrown out from Bulls-Raptors match]
Also, Raptors assistant coach Jamaal Magloire was fined $15,000 for his role in the altercation. He pushed Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic and the league says he acted "as other than a peacemaker."
Lopez and Ibaka were both ejected and issued technical fouls after Tuesday's incident.
The Raptors and Bulls do not play again this season.
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