Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin disagreed with a foul call late in his team’s 127-117 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday, January 15, and he let official Natalie Sago know about it.

Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was suspended for one game without pay by the NBA on Wednesday night for inappropriate contact and verbal abuse of a game official.

Sago called a double technical foul and ejected him from the game. Mathurin had already been called for a technical foul earlier in the game for doing a chin-up on the rim so he was called for ...

Mathurin said he knew it was a foul after watching the clip but was in the "heat of the game" at the time. He apologized to Sago after the game. "I went to see Natalie, and everything's alright ...

The Pacers guard received a one-game suspension for making inappropriate contact with an official and verbal abuse.

With 3:58 left in the Pacers' game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Mathurin was whistled for fouling Evan Mobley. Mathurin then ran toward the referee who made the call, Natalie Sago, and clapped ...

Indiana Pacers guard Mathurin (00) reacts to receiving a technical foul Tuesday during a game between the Indiana Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

He then clapped in Sago's face and eventually bumped into her. He was immediately given two technical fouls and ejected from the game. Bennedict Mathurin has been ejected from Pacers-Cavs after ...

to the scorer's table and bumped into her while yelling at Sago. Those actions resulted in an automatic technical foul and, as it was his second of the game, an ejection. Bennedict Mathurin has ...

Crew chief Zach Zarba confirmed after the game via an NBA pool report that Mathurin was “correctly called for” a foul after hitting Mobley. Sago assessed Mathurin with two technical fouls and ...

He then followed the official, Natalie Sago, to argue some more and bumped into her, which led to the third and the suspension. The league mentioned Mathurin's one-game suspension was for making ...