Dallas owner Mark Cuban says that he will file a complaint to the NBA about an elbow thrown Tuesday night by Denver's J.R. Smith, and he expects Smith to be suspended.
"I do take exception with players throwing elbows that could have severely injured one of our players," Cuban wrote in an e-mail to the Rocky Mountain News.
"I was very cordial in letting Mr. Smith know (at halftime) that I will be turning it into the league, and I expected him to be suspended for it."
Nuggets' coach George Karl took exception to Cuban speaking with his players in the course of the game.
"I don't care if Cuban barks, but he shouldn't be barking at my players," Karl said. "He barked at J.R. at halftime. I thought it was very unprofessional, irresponsible. And, if he sees something that he wants to deliver to the league, fine, he can do that.
"But he shouldn't be on the court talking to one of my players. And he was talking to J.R. about an elbow situation. And I thought it doesn't look good for anybody."