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Ron Artest won’t be suspended by the NBA

By Mike Bresnahan
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Lakers forward Ron Artest will not be suspended by the NBA for a variety of inflammatory comments he made to a magazine, a league official said today.

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Artest will play tonight against the Miami Heat at Staples Center.

Artest said earlier this week that he consumed alcohol during halftime of games earlier this decade with the Chicago Bulls. He also criticized referee Joey Crawford‘s performance in last season’s Western Conference finals, when Artest was with the Houston Rockets.

There’s a chance Artest will be fined for his comments, though it is only a small possibility.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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