Dennis Schröder suspended 3 video games for trying to strike Luka Dončić: Sources

Sacramento Kings guard Dennis Schröder was suspended three video games for “confronting and attempting to strike another player” in a Crypto.com Arena hallway after his workforce’s recreation towards the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 28, the NBA introduced Saturday night time.

League and workforce sources instructed The Athletic that the participant Schröder tried to strike was Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić.

The incident occurred roughly 40 minutes after the Kings’ 125-101 loss to the Lakers, “when Schröder sought out the player in an arena hallway and initiated the confrontation,” the NBA launch asserting the suspension acknowledged.

The two gamers had been going at one another all through the sport, with multiple videos capturing the two jawing at one another. Dončić completed with 34 factors, seven assists and 5 rebounds within the Lakers’ win, whereas Schröder had 11 factors and 7 assists on 3-of-6 capturing.

Schröder’s suspension is slated to start Sunday, when the Kings host the Houston Rockets. It additionally consists of Sacramento’s dwelling recreation towards the Lakers on Monday.

The veteran guard has been suspended beforehand for altercations with different gamers. That features a one-game suspension in 2013 as a member of the Atlanta Hawks when he struck then-Kings heart DeMarcus Cousins within the groin, and a one-game suspension as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2018 when he left the bench and joined “an altercation which spilled over into the spectator stands.”