THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni has been suspended by the NBA for two games without pay after pleading no contest in California to drunken driving.
The suspension was to begin with Tuesday night’s game between the Kings and the Thunder in Oklahoma City.
Nocioni was arrested about 2 a.m. Nov. 5 when a police officer noticed his car weaving in downtown Sacramento, hours after the Kings had lost a home game to the Atlanta Hawks.
An attorney entered a no contest plea to a misdemeanour drunken driving charge on Nocioni’s behalf on Feb. 22.
As part of his sentence, Nocioni will serve two days in a work program operated by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. He also must complete a three-month alcohol class, pay a US$480 fine and court penalties and serve three years’ probation.
