Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley has been suspended three games without pay for shoving Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton during Tuesday's night's game, the NBA announced on Thursday.
With 3:55 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Suns up 106-96, Devin Booker was called for a shooting foul on Austin Reaves, making contact with the second-year player then standing over him and staring at him while Reaves was on the floor. Then Ayton stood over Reaves, at which point Beverley ran several steps and body checked Ayton with his left shoulder when the Suns big man wasn't looking.