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League Suspends Karl for Comments

The NBA has suspended coached George Karl for two games without pay after his outburst on last Wednesday. Karl criticized the officials after the Nuggets 101-92 loss to the Nets. After the game was over, Karl accused Vince Carter of flopping twice during the game`s final minutes, and criticized the officials for buying it.

Both Karl and Kenyon Martin, who was whistled for fouling Carter with 1:05 left, drew technical fouls and Martin was ejected after drawing a second technical during a subsequent timeout. Karl commented after the game saying, "To let Vince Carter flop two calls and get the whistle to end the game. I was disappointed because the effort and energy of (the Nuggets) I thought should have been stood up for. Vince Carter flopped both of them and got the call?.

Karl continued saying, "There`s a rumor out of the league office that we`re trying to take flopping out of the game, but I don`t think that was orchestrated very much in those two calls."