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Saturday 8 June 2019

Killer

Blues

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle
Lowry, middle, gestures next
to referee Marc Davis (8) near
the front row of fans during the
second half of Game 3 of bas-
ketball's NBA Finals between
the Golden State Warriors and
the Raptors in Oakland, Calif.,
Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
Associated Press

Equal

treatment

means

more than

just a

suspension

By TIM DAHLBERG
Mark Stevens will have
to watch on TV when the
arena he and his fellow in-
vestors are building in San
Francisco opens next sea-
son with what they hope
will be another champion-
ship ring ceremony for the
Golden State Warriors.
The billionaire venture cap-
italist's yearlong punish-
ment for shoving Toronto's
Kyle Lowry courtside during
Game 3 of the NBA Finals
came down quickly as the
NBA tried to get ahead of
today's fast-moving news
cycles. The NBA under-
stood it had a public rela-
tions — and player rela-
tions — crisis on its hands,
especially after an initial
finals-long suspension drew Special team: Blues penalty kill
scorn on social media. And
Stevens was also quick has them on verge of Cup
to apologize, though the
mea culpa came in the
form of a prepared state- St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington skates to his position at the start of Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final
against the Boston Bruins, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Boston.
ment. Associated Press
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