Grizzlies’ Brooks suspended 1 game for flagrant on Payton

By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies star Dillon Brooks has been suspended for one game without pay by the NBA for making “unnecessary and excessive contact” that resulted in a fractured elbow for Golden State’s Gary Payton II in Game 2 of the the Western Conference semifinals. Brooks must sit out Saturday’s Game 3 with the series shifting to San Francisco tied at one game apiece. The Warriors say Payton also sustained ligament and muscle damage on the play. Payton will be reevaluated in two weeks.