"Indiana's Ron Artest was suspended for one game by the NBA on Monday for leaving the bench during a confrontation in the Pacers' playoff win over the Boston Celtics.

Artest will miss Game 2 Tuesday night.

With 8:01 left in the second quarter of Saturday's game, Artest briefly left the bench when he saw teammate Jermaine O'Neal thrown to the floor by Boston's Brandon Hunter."

This comes as good news to the Boston Celtics who lost to the Pacers 104-88 in the first game of their series.