Story Created:
Aug 26, 2010 at 1:56 PM CST
Story Updated:
Aug 26, 2010 at 5:06 PM CST
ISTANBUL (AP) - Serbian center and Thunder player Nenad Krstic received a three-game suspension from international basketball's governing body as the result of his chair-throwing incident during a brawl in last week's game against Greece.
Serbia is headed to Turkey for the world basketball championships which get under way on Saturday.
The fight began when Fotsis had moved threateningly against Serbia guard Milos Teodosic, who had fouled him. Krstic grabbed Greece forward Antonis Fotsis by the throat and threw a chair toward Sofoklis Schortsanitis, who was pursuing him. The chair hit Yannis Bouroussis, who had not played because of a hand injury, and left him with a bloody wound on the side of his head.
The game was abandoned with 2:40 remaining and Greece leading by one point. The incident occurred just a week before the basketball world championship in Turkey, where both teams will play.
Read about the original incident here.
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