It marked the second time last week Love delivered a hard foul after not getting a call on the other end. He raked Pacers forward Danny Granger across the chest on Wednesday, touching off a small skirmish in a loss to Indiana.
Love apologized to Scola both after the game and in a statement issued by the team following the suspension, and said he has to do a better job handling his emotions.
"I don't want to be known for that," Love said after practice. "I want to be known as a stand-up guy who happened to make a mistake with a size 19 shoe and just move on."
Love is averaging 25.0 points and 13.7 rebounds per game and leads the NBA with 39.4 minutes per game. The all-star forward was contrite, saying he thought the suspension from NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson "was warranted."
Lin lifts Knicks
Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 28 points in his first career start, Steve Novak added a season-best 19, and the host New York Knicks overcame the absence of Amar'e Stoudemire and early loss of Carmelo Anthony to beat the Utah Jazz, 99-88.
Stoudemire left the team to join his family in Florida after an older brother was killed there earlier Monday in a car crash. Anthony left the game after just six minutes with a strained right groin.
Hazell Stoudemire died after the SUV he was driving slammed into the back of a trailer in Lake Wales, Fla.
Authorities are still investigating and awaiting test results to find out if alcohol was a factor. The Florida Highway Patrol said the 35-year-old Stoudemire, of Lakeland, Fla., was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene.
The Knicks held a moment of silence before the game for Hazell Stoudemire. Team spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz said he didn't know how long Amar'e Stoudemire would be away.
Clippers get by Magic
Chris Paul scored 29 points, including 11 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 15-point first-half deficit to slip by the Orlando Magic 107-102.
Blake Griffin and Chauncey Billups each added 18 points for the Clippers. Billups slipped and left in the fourth quarter with a left Achilles injury.
Dwight Howard had 33 points and 14 rebounds for the Magic.
Elsewhere: Tony Parker had 21 points, and Tim Duncan added 19 points and 17 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to an 89-84 victory over the host Memphis Grizzlies
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- Inquirer wire services
