NEW YORK — Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley has been fined $35,000 for
escalating an altercation by confronting and making contact with Washington
Wizards forward/center Jason Smith. Wizards guard Brandon Jennings has been
fined $35,000 for making menacing gestures on the playing court as part of the
same incident. The penalties were announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive
Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident, for which Dudley and Jennings were each assessed a Technical Foul
and ejected, occurred with 10:45 remaining in the second quarter of the Suns’
131-127 loss to the Wizards on March 7 at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
