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The NBA has officially announced a three-game suspension for
During the confrontation, Smart threw a punch that made contact with Bassey’s nose. Officials on the floor immediately reviewed the play, resulting in a flagrant foul 2 assessment and the subsequent ejection of the Rockets guard from the game, which Houston eventually won.
Disciplinary impact on the Rockets roster
As a direct consequence of the league's ruling, Smart will be sidelined for the Rockets' upcoming schedule. He is set to miss three consecutive games, beginning with the team's next outing against the Utah Jazz. Following that, he will remain unavailable for the fixtures against the Washington Wizards and the Miami Heat.
The suspension leaves the Rockets without a key member of their rotation for this stretch of games. The league's decision to impose a multi-game ban highlights the severity of the contact made during the third-quarter incident, which disrupted the flow of the game between the two Western Conference sides.