The already short-handed Memphis Grizzlies will be another man down on Saturday against the Clippers after the NBA announced it had suspended forward Matt Barnes one game for attempting to enter the Milwaukee Bucks’ locker room on Thursday and “verbally challenging” Bucks forward John Henson.
Barnes said after the Grizzlies’ shoot-around Saturday that he did not try to enter the Milwaukee locker room to go after Henson, who had blocked his shot and taunted him in the final seconds of a victory over the Grizzlies.
Video footage showed Barnes running off the court and into a tunnel in the same direction as Henson, but Barnes said he was led astray by a worker at the arena.