NEW YORK Orlando rookie Shaquille O'Neal was fined $10,000 andsuspended for one game without pay by the NBA for punching Detroit'sAlvin Robertson during Tuesday's game against the Pistons.
O'Neal also will lose $36,585 in salary based on his annual $3million income. Robertson was fined $7,500, but not suspended.
Rod Thorn, the NBA's vice president for operations, said O'Nealinstigated the fight that took place late in Orlando's 105-91 win.Robertson's penalty was assessed for retaliating after O'Neal punchedhim.
The league also fined Terry Mills and Isaiah Morris of Detroit$500 apiece for leaving the bench. The league fined New Jersey's Derrick Coleman $5,000 andPhiladelphia's Armon Gilliam $2,000 for their part in a fist-swingingincident during Tuesday's game with the 76ers. Gilliam was fined forretaliating.
Tim Perry, Andrew Lang and Eddie Lee Wilkins of Philadelphiawere fined $500 for leaving the bench during the fight. Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon practiced Wednesday withoutany added problems after he reinjured the middle finger on his righthand in a workout a day earlier.
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