NBA playoff suspensions

Friday, May 16, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

May 27, 1987 - Robert Parish of the Boston Celtics was suspended for one game and fined $7,500 for punching Detroit's Bill Laimbeer during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on May 26.

May 2, 1994 - Dennis Rodman of the San Antonio Spurs was suspended for one game and fined $10,000 for various actions during Game 2 of the Western Conference first round series against Utah on April 30.

May 2, 1994 - Keith Askins of the Miami Heat was suspended for three games and fined $15,000; Douglas Edwards of the Atlanta Hawks was suspended two games and fined $10,000 and Miami's Grant Long was suspended for one game and fined $10,000 for their part in a brawl during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first round series on April 30.

May 7, 1994 - Sam Cassell of the Houston Rockets was suspended for one game and fined $2,5000 for throwing a punch at Portland's Jerome Kersey during Game 4 of the Western Conference first round series on May 6.

May 14, 1994 - New York's Derek Harper was suspended for two games and fined $15,000, and Chicago's Jo Jo English was suspended for one game and fined $10,000 for their parts in a wild fight during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on May 13.

April 23, 1996 - Shawn Kemp of the Seattle SuperSonics was suspended for his team's first game in the playoffs and fined $7,500. On April 21, the final game of the regular season, Kemp exchanged punches with Denver's Tommy Hammonds.

May 15, 1997 - Five New York Knicks, including three starters, and P.J. Brown of the Miami Heat were suspended for their part in a bench-clearing brawl in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on May 14. Charlie Ward, Patrick Ewing, Allan Houston, Larry Johnson, and John Starks of the Knicks each were suspended one game. Brown was suspended for two games. Inactive Knicks rookie Dontae' Jones also was suspended for a game and was banned from sitting on the bench for the rest of the postseason.