Kobe suspended tonight vs. Knicks

**bside** · 01-30-07, 12:39 PM

Game is off the board at CRIS

**bigboydan** · 01-30-07, 12:39 PM

This game is OTB now everywhere I see.

**bside** · 01-30-07, 12:56 PM

Back up at Knicks -2/-135 - I got it this morning at Knicks +3.5/+145. 5.5 point swing for Kobe

**Tchocky** · 01-30-07, 03:00 PM

What a great arbitrage opportunity! Why wasn't the suspension announced earlier? Was there any indication a suspension was coming after Sunday's game?

**onlooker** · 01-30-07, 03:58 PM

Good thing I decided to place my bets early today. I got the Knicks +3.5 and +145 on the money line.

I never heard a thing about a possible suspension for Bryant. What was he suspended for?

**Hemlock21** · 01-30-07, 04:09 PM

I still like the Lakers in this game. The lakers play well without Bryant.

**onlooker** · 01-30-07, 04:15 PM

I just hope Odom doesn't have a big game. Walton is out as well, and I don't think the others can do it with out a good performance from Odom.

**Jay Edgar** · 01-30-07, 04:18 PM

Wouldn't that be something . . . .

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Kobe Bryant was so stunned and angered by his one-game suspension, he took the extraordinary step Tuesday of asking NBA commissioner David Stern to convene an immediate appeal hearing.

As of 3 p.m. ET, the NBA Players Association was still awaiting a response from the league office.

Bryant was staying at the Lakers' team hotel just a few blocks from NBA headquarters in Manhattan, and he was on call to dash down Fifth Avenue to Stern's office if the request was granted. But barring the unlikeliest turn of events, Bryant was officially banned from Madison Square Garden for the Los Angeles Lakers' only visit of the season to play the Knicks.

Players association officials said it was highly unusual, if not unprecedented, for a player to be suspended for inadvertent contact.

"We're asking for an immediate hearing, and given Kobe's availability in New York, he's offered to meet with the commissioner or appropriate league officials to review the tape and explain what happened," union spokesman Dan Wasserman said. "Kobe can be at the league office on literally 10 to 15 minutes notice."

**imgv94** · 01-30-07, 04:21 PM

Originally posted by onlòóker

Good thing I decided to place my bets early today. I got the Knicks +3.5 and +145 on the money line.

I never heard a thing about a possible suspension for Bryant. What was he suspended for?

Hope you been fading me all season..

Lakers are going to win this game by 3 points to make us all happy...

**onlooker** · 01-30-07, 04:35 PM

Interesting turn of events Jay. Now we have to check to see if they grant that appeal.

I'm not fading you IMG.

**TheIceman** · 01-30-07, 04:40 PM

Bryant was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Tuesday for striking San Antonio's Manu Ginobili in the face with 2.7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' 96-94 overtime loss to the Spurs on Sunday.

Source NBA

And ye he really did hit him in the face .

Laying $$$ on Knicks .

**imgv94** · 01-30-07, 05:23 PM

Local News here sure made it seem like he has no chance to play tonight..

**onlooker** · 01-30-07, 05:52 PM

I just read Bryant's appeal was denied. So the Lakers are on their own tonight in the Garden.

**Illusion** · 01-30-07, 06:08 PM

This suspension is an absolute joke. The NBA is really bending the rules on this one. Remember, the game officials never called a foul on the play.