Updated: April 29, 2005, 6:24 PM ET
Walker made contact with ref in scrape; O'Neal fined
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<!-- begin text11 div --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->NEW YORK -- Antoine Walker was suspended one game without pay Friday for making contact with a game official in Boston's 99-76 first-round playoff loss to the Pacers.
Walker also will be charged with a flagrant foul penalty one for contact made with Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal after a dead ball.
O'Neal was fined $10,000 for his role in the altercation with Walker.
Walker, who had 14 points and nine rebounds in Game 3, was ejected following his second technical Thursday night after a hard foul on O'Neal with a little more than four minutes to go. During the confrontation, Walker grabbed referee Tom Washington by the arm in an attempt to move him out of the way. O'Neal shoved Walker in the chest and grabbed his jersey, but no punches were thrown.
O'Neal, still bothered by a sprained right shoulder he injured late in the regular season, also received a technical but remained in the game and finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
The Pacers won their second straight to go up 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is Saturday night, and the series will return to Boston for Game 5 on Tuesday.
Earlier Friday, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he wasn't too worried about Walker being suspended.
"If you're arguing with the ref and you go and bump a ref, that's one thing," Rivers said. "But in a scramble, or whatever that was, when guys are running around, refs are told to go in and engage, and players, you don't know who ... you're pushing around or grabbing, so that's a big difference.
"That's why I would be really surprised," he said.
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Walker made contact with ref in scrape; O'Neal fined
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Walker also will be charged with a flagrant foul penalty one for contact made with Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal after a dead ball.
O'Neal was fined $10,000 for his role in the altercation with Walker.
Walker, who had 14 points and nine rebounds in Game 3, was ejected following his second technical Thursday night after a hard foul on O'Neal with a little more than four minutes to go. During the confrontation, Walker grabbed referee Tom Washington by the arm in an attempt to move him out of the way. O'Neal shoved Walker in the chest and grabbed his jersey, but no punches were thrown.
O'Neal, still bothered by a sprained right shoulder he injured late in the regular season, also received a technical but remained in the game and finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
The Pacers won their second straight to go up 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is Saturday night, and the series will return to Boston for Game 5 on Tuesday.
Earlier Friday, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he wasn't too worried about Walker being suspended.
"If you're arguing with the ref and you go and bump a ref, that's one thing," Rivers said. "But in a scramble, or whatever that was, when guys are running around, refs are told to go in and engage, and players, you don't know who ... you're pushing around or grabbing, so that's a big difference.
"That's why I would be really surprised," he said.
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