ORLANDO – When the NBA handed down a one-game suspension to Jason Kidd just hours before Friday night’s game, it thwarted an opportunity for Orlando’s Scott Skiles and Kidd to coach against one another for just the third time.
Kidd, the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, went through Friday morning’s practice with his team before learning that he had been suspended for Friday’s game. Kidd was suspended one game without pay for ``aggressively pursuing and confronting a game official, slapping the ball out of his hands and not leaving the court in a timely manner upon his ejection,’’ according to a release issued by the NBA at 12:53 p.