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Rockets’ Harden suspended for game vs. Hawks

By Chris Vivlamore
March 3, 2015

No need to fear the beard.

Rockets star James Harden was suspended for one game without pay for kicking the Cavaliers’ LeBron James in the groin during Sunday’s game, the NBA announced Monday evening. Harden will miss Tuesday’s game against the Hawks.

The incident occurred with 2:08 remaining in the third quarter of the Rockets’ 105-103 overtime victory. Harden was assessed a Flagrant Foul 1 for the incident. It has been upgraded to a Flagrant Foul 2 upon league review.

Harden is the NBA’s leading scorer, averaging 27.1 points per game.

“Harden is obviously having a very big year,” Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said Monday morning before news of the suspension. “He’s very big.”

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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