-- Ron Artest did not travel with his Indiana Pacers teammates on their flight to Boston after he was suspended by coach Isiah Thomas for disciplinary reasons.
The New York Post reported that Artest grabbed a framed picture and smashed it against the locker room wall.

In early January, Artest was suspended for three games without pay and fined $35,000 for hurling a television monitor and smashing a camera after a loss in New York. Later that month, he was suspended for four games without pay for a run-in with Heat coach Pat Riley and flashing an obscene gesture toward the crowd during a game in Miami.