NBA: Nuggets’ Facundo Campazzo suspended, to miss Game 1 of playoffs

Facundo Campazzo #7 of the Denver Nuggets catches an inbound pass against the Memphis Grizzlies at Ball Arena on April 7, 2022 in Denver, Colorado.  Ethan Mito/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images/AFP 

Denver Nuggets guard Facundo Campazzo was suspended one game Wednesday for his shove of Los Angeles Lakers guard Wayne Ellington, who was fined $20,000 for escalating the feud.

Campazzo will miss Game 1 of Denver’s first-round Western Conference playoff series against Golden State on Saturday.

The incident occurred in the second quarter of the Lakers’ 146-141 overtime victory over the Nuggets on Sunday. After the momentum from a layup attempt took him out of bounds, Campazzo re-entered the court with a shove from behind to the lower back of Ellington, who fell to the floor.

Campazzo was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 and ejected from a game in which the Nuggets were resting four starters.

Ellington was fined for escalating the incident with a threatening comment on social media after the game.

Campazzo is averaging 5.1 points and 3.4 assists per game in 65 contests (four starts). He’s averaging 18.2 minutes per game.

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