Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was suspended for one game without pay by the NBA on Wednesday night for inappropriate contact and verbal abuse of a game official.

Then he clapped in the ear of referee Natalie Sago and bumped her. That got him two quick technicals and ejected from the game, and now the league office has suspended him one game for “making inappropriate contact with and verbally abusing a game official.”

Over the last two seasons, Carlisle and the Pacers' coaching staff have asked Bennedict Mathurin to change his approach ... In 23 games this season, the starting five of Haliburton, Nembhard, Mathurin, Pascal Siakam and Myles Turner has an offensive ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Pascal Siakam scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth ... The bigger question moving forward is how the Pacers will use swingmen Bennedict Mathurin and Aaron Nesmith. Forcing 17 turnovers certainly helped the 76ers. Getting outrebounded ...

PARIS (AP) Tyrese Haliburton scored 16 of his 28 points in a dazzling 2-1/2 minute display late in the third quarter, Pascal Siakam ... Myles Turner had 14, Bennedict Mathurin 13 and TJ McConnell ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Pascal Siakam scored 10 of his 21 points ... The bigger question moving forward is how the Pacers will use swingmen Bennedict Mathurin and Aaron Nesmith. Indiana held ...

The Spurs had a huge 57-31 edge in rebounding. Bennedict Mathurin led Indiana with 24 points. Pascal Siakam added 18, Myles Turner scored 14 and Tyrese Haliburton and Obi Toppin finished with 13 each for the Pacers. Spurs: San Antonio got forward Jeremy ...

San Antonio Spurs Top Performers Victor Wembanyama – 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks, 4 3PM Victor Wembanyama has tied Tim Duncan (4) for the 2nd most games with 30+ points, 10+ rebounds,

Spurs 129, Pacers 101, 4:31 fourth quarterStart the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Spurs are up 69-44 in the second half on 67.5% shooting including 9 of 15 from 3-point range.

The first enormous roar from the crowd came before the game even started. All Victor Wembanyama needed to do to get the fans in Paris into a full-blown frenzy was, it turned out, say hello into a microphone.

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Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points in his first NBA game on his native French soil, Devin Vassell added 25 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Indiana Pacers 140-110 on Thursday night. Wembanyama finished with 11 rebounds,