Detroit (AP) - The WNBA has handed out punishment for Tuesday's altercation between Detroit and visiting Los Angeles.
Shock forward Plenette Pierson was hit hardest. She was suspended four games for initiating and escalating the skirmish.
Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn has been suspended for two games, as have Shannon Bobbitt and Murriel Page of the Sparks.
Detroit's Kara Braxton, Tasha Humphrey, Elaine Powell and Sheri Sam along with Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker and DeLisha Milton-Jones received one-game suspensions.
WNBA president Donna Orender issued a statement saying the events that transpired at The Palace of Auburn Hills are inexcusable and not indicative of what the league stands for.
