MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Toronto guard Morris Peterson was able to play in the Raptors game on Monday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves after the NBA downgraded a flagrant foul call against him from a Type II to Type I.
Peterson was ejected with 6:06 remaining in the first half of Toronto’s 103-89 victory over Chicago on Sunday after he knocked Kirk Hinrich to the floor while the Bulls guard was trying to complete a fast-break layup.
The call carried with it an automatic one-game suspension. The NBA, though, rescinded it after viewing videotape Monday.
Peterson entered Monday night’s game at the start of the second quarter.
“I didn’t intentionally try to hit him in the head,” Peterson said before the game. “I went for the ball. I’m just glad it got reduced. I think people know I’m not a dirty player.”
Peterson is averaging 9.1 points and 3.3 rebounds.
NBA downgrades flagrant foul on Peterson
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