Olajuwon, McDyess Suspended for Fight

Houston Rocket star center Hakeem Olajuwon and teammates Kevin Willis and Mario Elie were suspended on Monday for one game for their part in a fight between Olajuwon and Phoenix Sun forward Antonio McDyess.

Olajuwon was suspended and fined $10,000 for initiating the brawl Saturday by throwing a punch at McDyess. McDyess was suspended and fined for retaliating by throwing punches at Olajuwon.

Olajuwon, Willis and Elie sat out the Rockets’ game at Utah Monday night. McDyess sat out Monday’s home game against the Clippers.

Elie and Willis also were fined $2,500 apiece for leaving the bench during the fight.

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A hearing on statutory rape charges against Charlotte Hornet forward Anthony Mason was postponed in New York after prosecutors and the defense agreed they both needed more time to prepare for the case.

Mason is now scheduled for an April 7 hearing, Queens District Attorney spokeswoman Maureen Moore said.

Mason, 31, and his cousin, William Duggins, 24, were charged last month with statutory rape and sexual abuse of 14- and 15-year-old sisters.

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The NBA denied a protest by the Indiana Pacers of a Feb. 20 loss to the Orlando Magic.

The Pacers lost the game, 93-91, and contended that referees misapplied the rules regarding the correction of errors when they at first didn’t let the Magic’s Danny Schayes shoot two free throws in a bonus situation, but corrected it about 21 seconds later when Nick Anderson was also fouled by then letting Schayes and Anderson shoot two free throws apiece. Both Orlando players made their shots.

NBA rules say that because the error was discovered within 24 seconds, the game clock should have been reset to the point of the foul with the ball inbounded to Indiana.

The NBA ruled that Indiana had a substantial opportunity to overcome the error.

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The Seattle SuperSonics signed former UCLA center George Zidek to a 10-day contract. . . . Orlando Magic guard Gerald Wilkins won a court order allowing his son to remain in St. John’s Literary Institution at Prospect Hall in Frederick, Md., after he was expelled for kissing his girlfriend in a school hallway. Frederick County Circuit Judge Mary Ann Stepler’s preliminary injunction allows Damien Wilkins, 18, among the nation’s top basketball prospects, and Allison Mathis, 17, to remain in school pending trial, which has not been scheduled. . . . Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals, lost his case in the Supreme Court, making him abide by a ruling that requires him to make sure his new MCI center lets most wheelchair patrons see over standing spectators.