NEW YORK: Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) after clashing with a referee following his team's game four loss to Boston. Murray was suspended for making inappropriate contact with a referee and verbal abuse. He will serve his suspension on Tuesday when the Hawks visit Boston in a must-win game five. Video showed Murray making contact with referee Gediminas Petraitis and later showed Murray yelling at someone. The league investigated the incident, with NBA rules stipulating that any intentional contact with a referee brings an automatic one-game suspension.
