Los Angeles Lakers' center, Andrew Bynum has been suspended and fined by the NBA, after his flagrant foul on Dallas' J.J Barea. The NBA announced that Bynum has been suspended for the first five games of the start of next years season, without pay. Bynum also got fined $25,000 for taking off his Lakers jersey as he left the court. All up Bynum will lose $702,272 from the suspension and fine.
Bynum talked about the foul on Wednesday:
"My actions ... don't represent me, my upbringing, this franchise or any of the Laker fans out there that want to watch us and want us to succeed, Furthermore, and more importantly, I want to actually apologize to J.J. Barea for doing that. I'm just glad that he wasn't seriously injured in the event and all I can say is, I've looked at [the replay], it's terrible and it definitely won't be happening again."
The 7-foot, 280-pound Bynum, elbowed Dallas' 6-foot Barea, as he soared to attempt a lay-up, in Dallas' 36 point blowout of the Lakers, eliminating them from the playoffs. Bynum got ejected from the game after the foul. Lakers forward, Lamar Odom also got ejected in the game.
Information from ESPN Los Angeles was used in this article.
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