Marcus Smart suspended 3 games for punching Warriors’ Charles Bassey

The Houston Rockets snapped the Golden State Warriors’ win streak on Wednesday evening, but the game came with a cost. Fireworks exploded as Rockets guard Marcus Smart landed a punch on Warriors big man Charles Bassey. The NBA handed down punishment on Thursday in the form of a three-game suspension for Marcus Smart, as per ClutchPoints’ NBA insider Brett Siegel.

The incident occurred late in the third quarter of the Rockets’ win against the Warriors and away from the play when Marcus Smart and Charles Bassey exchanged words with each other while running back up court. The pair went chest to chest with Smart throwing a punch that seemingly grazed Bassey’s face before teammates and officials…