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Songalia Suspended One Game

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under NBA PLAYOFFS 

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Whether it hurts the Washington Wizards’ depth chart or not is up for debate, but according to the Associated Press, the NBA has suspended Wizards forward Darius Songalia for Game 6 in the Eastern Conference series between the Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers for hitting Cavs forward LeBron James in the face.? Both Songalia and Wizards coach Eddie Jordan claimed that the contact was accidental as Songalia tried to pull his arm free after getting tangled with James?in the first quarter of Game 5 on Wednesday.

According to NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson in a conference call on Friday, ?Songalia?s contact was not made in the normal course of a basketball play, and he struck LeBron James in the face, and by rule receives an automatic suspension.? In viewing this many times, we do feel that it was intentional contact.?? Sojgalia, as a result, was whistled for a technical foul in what has been, by and large, a very physical series.?



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