FIBA Suspends Krstic for Three Games

The Oklahoma City center will miss three FIBA World Championship games after throwing a chair in a brawl during a Greece-Serbia FIBA game.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 11:54 am

By: News On 6

Originally Published: Aug 19, 2010 6:52 PM CDT

Oklahoma Sports Staff and Wire Reports

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Thunder forward Nenad Krstic is suspended for the first three games of the FIBA World Championship for his role in a Serbia-Greece brawl in an exhibition game last week.

Krstic can be seen throwing punches at Greek player Sofoklis Schortsanitis around the :38 mark and threw a chair at around the 1:05 mark of the video.

The brawl ended the game, which was being played at the Acropolis tournament in Athens. Greece was leading Serbia 74-73 when the game was abandoned.

Krstic’s teammate Milos Teodosic has been suspended for two games, and Greek players Antonis Fotsis and Soforkis Schortanitis will each receive two-game suspensions.

Serbia plays Angola, Germany and Jordan in its first three games in the championship.