Dwight Howard Suspended for Game 6
NBA April 29th. 2009, 2:56pm
[Update: The NBA just confirmed this. Press release after the jump.]
According to John Ourand at Sports Business Journal and George Diaz of the Orlando Sentinel, Dwight Howard, the 2009 NBA defensive player of the year, will be suspended for tomorrow’s game six against the 76ers for his elbow to the face of Philly’s Sam Dalembert last night. A man named Marcin Gortat seems likely to start in his place. Orlando is 2-1 without Superman this year. The Magic will also be without starting guard Courtney Lee, as he, too, was the victim of a wayward Howard elbow. Mickael Pietrus or JJ Redick are the likely candidates to start in his place.
NEW YORK, April 29, 2009 – Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has been suspended one game without pay for elbowing Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert in the head, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident occurred with 9:15 remaining in the first period of Orlando’s 91-78 victory over the 76ers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Amway Arena last night. Howard will serve his suspension tomorrow night when the Magic faces the 76ers in Game 6 at Wachovia Center.
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April 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Wow, Howard and Lee. Courtney was really playing well too. At least we should get a game 7.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
A man named Marcin Gortat seems likely to start in his place
aka Polish Hammer
April 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Well done, D-Ho.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Clearly Dwight Howard needs to learn how to only do such things close to the opposing teams bench. That way you can take out there key players with suspension as well.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
is PJ Brown available for instruction?
April 29th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
i think rondo’s closed fist to the face deserves a suspension as well
check out the picture on the left.
http://espn.go.com/
April 29th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
supposedly the Magic are en route to Philly now and the announcement will come after the team lands around 5. if the nba were smart, they’d wait on the announcement until tomorrow. everyone’s still talking about the bulls-celtics game above all else in sports, and you can snatch back the national conversation tomorrow morning with the news bright and early.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Youre so cute
April 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
they’re not gonna wait until gameday to announce a decision. that isnt fair to 76ers or the magic or the fans of both teams.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
yea the picture of rondo is definitely after contact when his hand closed
April 29th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
and more importantly, the gamblers
April 29th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
you leak it to the teams at 7 pm tonight, and then announce it tomorrow.
the FANS? what, they need 24 hrs notice on who’s suspended and who isn’t?
April 29th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
you really think so?
/puts hands behind my back looks down kicks the dirt
/aww shucks
April 29th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
if the nba were smart, they’d wait on the announcement until tomorrow.
If it were me, I’d want them to announce it ASAP so I may start drinking heavily, instead of preparing for Game 6.
/baseball player’d
April 29th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
who wants to see the magic without d-ho? besides irish
April 29th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Philly needed Howard to get kicked out of last nights game.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
What does it matter if Rondo’s fist was closed or not? No play on the ball whatsoever.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Rondo wont be suspended.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Why is Kentucky leaning this way? He did not do jack for KU when he was there.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
His head is shrinking rapidly. Same with BeetlePierce.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
@TBL- no fine?
April 29th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
the worst part about the Rondo foul was when he was trying to lobby that all he did was hit the ball…at least it looked like he was trying to get that point across after watching the video of it
April 29th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I want the days of Robert Parish sucker-punching Bill Laimbeer back. I don’t think anyone got suspended back then. I blame Ron Artest.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Brad Miller hit Big Baby in the head the other night and nothing happened.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
walfredo, blame the Knicks and the Heat.
April 29th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
/Sharpton’d
April 29th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Agreed. These two singlehandedly brought on the flagrant foul rule against the Cavs in the playoffs.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Irish I dont know what to call that. It looked like he was freaking out from all the meth he does.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Irish, is there video somewhere?
April 29th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD0BHNn9QsE
Im not trying to compare Dwights foul to this. I just dont know why he wasnt suspended
April 29th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Irish Big Babys acting was awesome.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Irish – I think you mean Big Baby should have been suspended for flopping
April 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Irish, who did you want suspended, Big Baby? Didn’t you know that the NBA doesn’t have a problem with flopping, no matter how bad it is?
April 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Brad Miller has been a disgrace. Bulls fans would gladly have him sit out the series. Never seen a guy look more lost on a basketball court.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
@karma- Miller
April 29th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
you’re not talking about when big baby flopped are you?
April 29th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I love Van Gundy trying to hold back laughter after seeing the horrible acting job by Davis. Im not convinced he fooled the refs either, just that Davis happens to play for Boston so why not call a technical.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
im wrong. Now that i watched it over and over big baby is floppin. My fault
April 29th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Here is an instructional video for both Big Baby (how to flop) and D. Howard (how to throw dem bows)
April 29th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
His face is funny as shit. He really sells it.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
@YYSA- was that before or after this play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8ZukXsWmk&feature=related
April 29th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Irish- right before. Next time down the court Raja clotheslines him.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I love Kobe’s reaction to that clothesline. Brush your shoulders off, playa!
F*ck Raja Bell.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Oops, I thought I forgot I wasn’t on slamonline.com
/ FUCK Raja Bell
April 29th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
If Bell did that to LeBron no foul would be called. Not that LeBron would go down that easily.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Too funny. Lakers lost the game and the next two. Blew a 3-1 series lead. Great reaction, Kobe!
April 29th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
The Lakers were a 7 seed, PHX was a 2 seed. Think about it like Chicago beating a Celtics team with KG, who are expected to contend for a title.
That series should not have gone till game 7. We rolled a starting lineup featuring Kwame and Smush, with Luke playing prominent minutes. Have you ever seen Kwame and Smush play?
The 2006 season should have ended for the Lakers the same way 2007 ended – with a first round exit that wasn’t even close to being competitive. The Lakers pushed a heavily favoured Suns team to 7. That is something that should be applauded, not mocked.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
@ Duder
you’re kidding me. If anyone lays a FINGER on Lebron, they get suspended or fined. Oh yeah, he wouldn’t have gone down, but I’m sure he would found a way to milk it like a pussy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hp1HIXYEPw
LEt’s see:
Darius Songalia
Deshawn Stevenson
Brendan Haywood
Yes, none of them had anything happen to them for touching Lebron.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I know. Kobe scored 50 in either game 6 or 7. Joking for the most part.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Probably game 6 if it did happen. Its hard to score 50 in game 7 when you shoot twice in the 2nd half.
/kobe quit
April 29th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Didnt click on the link but I assume it is Stevenson punching LeBron in the face and Brenda shoving LeBron while he was in mid-air(most dangerous thing you can do to a player). Please dont compare those with Kobe getting his shoulder grabbed by Bell.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
This is the wrongingest thing I’ve ever read. If Lebron got the calls that Kevin fucking Martin got, he’d average another 10 points a game.
/no joke
April 29th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I’m sick of people saying he quit….Kobe’s been blasted by the media in the past, why do you think he took it so personally when people called him selfish after that game 7?
The Lakers entire game plan focused on Kobe being a facilitator. If you watched that series, you know that Kobe WAS a facilitator for the most part. In the first half of game 7, he had 23 points. They were losing by double digits AT HALF TIME.
“We wanted to get back in the game so we were running things through other guys,” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. “Nash was a little bit banged up and we were trying to use out inside out game. Kobe just sat on that game plan and let the other things happen.”
Dude can’t win. If he shoots a lot, he’s selfish. If he focuses on the game plan more, he’s a quitter. You really think someone with Kobe’s ego enjoys losing on such a big stage (ditto for that game 6 loss against the Celtics)?
April 29th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
@ Duder
No, it was Songalia touching Lebron’s head and him backpedalling 90 feet looking like he just got punched by Mike Tyson in his prime.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
You wanted him to fall down and brush off his jersey?
April 29th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
D-Ho is lucky it wasn’t an Old-Skool Cat… I remember Corliss Williamson punching Derrick Coleman and DC proceeded to Beat-the-Brakes-Off the Big-Nasty’s AZZ !!!
April 29th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
You can’t lay a finger on LeBron. If you try, his aura will consume you.