NBA suspends Granger for weekend brawl

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The Indiana Pacers will have to do without forward Danny Granger for their Tuesday night matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers following Saturday’s altercation with Phoenix Suns forward Channing Frye.

The NBA announced Granger would be suspended for Tuesday’s game and that the Pacers’ Roy Hibbert and Earl Watson would be fined $25,000 and $30,000, respectively.

Saturday’s fight broke out with 46.7 seconds remaining in the third quarter when Watson and Frye exchanged shoves. Granger then swung at Frye who retaliated. Hibbert and the Suns’ Jason Richardson joined the melee. Granger, Hibbert and Richardson were called for a technical foul.