<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> NEW YORK -- <font color="#000000">Josh Howard</font> of the <font color="#000000">Dallas Mavericks</font> has been suspended two games without pay for his involvement in an altercation with <font color="#000000">Sacramento Kings</font> center <font color="#000000">Brad Miller</font>.</p> </p> Howard's penalty was announced Friday by Stu Jackson, the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations. Howard will begin serving his suspension when Dallas opens its regular-season schedule at Cleveland on Oct. 31.</p> </p> The Howard-Miller incident occurred with 7:01 remaining in the second period of the Mavs' 101-99 preseason win over the Kings on Tuesday.</p> </p> Howard escalated a situation involving Miller and Mavs guard <font color="#000000">Devin Harris</font> in the second quarter of Tuesday's preseason game. Howard ran across the court, struck Miller in the back of the head with his forearm, pushed him in the back and engaged with other Kings players.</p> </div></p> Source: ESPN</p>
