<font size=\"4\"><strong>NEW YORK, March 5, 2008 –</strong>
</font><a href=\"http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dirk_nowitzki/index.html\"><font size=\"4\">Dirk Nowitzki</font></a><font size=\"4\"> of the Dallas Mavericks has been suspended one game without pay, and his Flagrant Foul, Penalty One against </font><a href=\"http://www.nba.com/playerfile/andrei_kirilenko/index.html\"><font size=\"4\">Andrei Kirilenko</font></a><font size=\"4\"> of the Utah Jazz has been upgraded to a Flagrant Foul, Penalty Two, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. </font><p><font size=\"4\">The incident occurred with 7:04 remaining in the first period of the Mavericks’ 116-110 loss to the Jazz on Monday, March 3 at EnergySolutions Arena. </font></p><p><font size=\"4\">Nowitzki will serve his suspension when the Mavericks host the Houston Rockets Thursday, March 6 at American Airlines Center. </font></p> |