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Boston Celtics point guard Marcus Smart has been suspended one game for his below-the-belt hit on San Antonio's Matt Bonner on Friday night, the NBA announced Saturday. Smart will sit out Sunday when the Celtics host the Detroit Pistons. Smart delivered an uppercut to Bonner's groin early in the fourth quarter of Friday's loss to the Spurs. Smart got snagged coming off an initial screen, but seemed to intentionally swing his arm to strike Bonner as the San Antonio forward attempted to set a second screen. The two players immediately started jawing at each other and had to be separated by officials as play was stopped. Upon video review, the referees deemed Smart's strike a flagrant 2, which comes with automatic ejection. After the game, Smart told reporters the strike was a "freak accident" and suggested he was just trying to fight through the screen. "Like every other play, I was trying to get through a screen," Smart told reporters. "[ Aron...