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Celts’ Thomas not suspended; Schroder unhappy
- Updated: April 23, 2016
4:06 PM ET
BOSTON — Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas will not be suspended by the NBA for Friday’s incident with Atlanta’s Dennis Schroder, and instead has been assessed a flagrant-1 foul heading into Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the Hawks.
With 1:27 left in the first quarter of Boston’s chippy 111-103 victory Friday night, Thomas and Schroder were hit with double technical fouls after jawing at each other. As the two were heading downcourt before the verbal exchange, Thomas could be seen throwing his left hand at Schroder’s face.
“I still feel disrespected (about) what he did,” Schroder said Saturday. “I (had) just scored a basket and tried to go back on defense and he smacked me. It had nothing to do with basketball.”
Schroder still thinks that if the rules and points of emphasis the Hawks were told entering the playoffs are followed, Thomas should have been …
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