Portland Trail Blazers star guard CJ McCollum has been suspended for Portland's regular-season opener after leaving the bench area during an altercation in Wednesday's preseason game against the Phoenix Suns.
The NBA announced the one-game ban Saturday, saying McCollum will be suspended without pay for the first game "which he is eligible and physically able to play."
McCollum left the Blazers' bench area in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's game, when Portland's Caleb Swanigan and Phoenix's Alex Len got into a shoving match with 9:33 remaining. Both Swanigan and Len were ejected.