NEW YORK -- Chris Andersen was suspended Friday by the NBA for his altercation with Tyler Hansbrough, leaving the Miami Heat without one of their best big men as they try to finish off the Indiana Pacers in Game 6. The league also upgraded Andersen's foul to a Flagrant 2, which would have meant an automatic ejection had it been called at the time. Andersen knocked Hansbrough to the floor from behind with 9:02 left in the second quarter Thursday, then shoved him backward after Hansbrough got up. Andersen still wouldn't back away when a referee stepped in, and the league said in a statement that he "resisted efforts to bring the altercation to an end." &n...
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