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The NBA on Thursday suspended Rockets guard Marcus Smart three games without pay for throwing a punch at Warriors center Charles Bassey. Smart grazed Bassey's nose with a right hook late in the third quarter of Houston's 115-108 home win on Wednesday, was assessed a flagrant foul 2 and ejected, and will miss games against the Jazz, Wizards and Heat. Smart, a 12-year veteran who joined Houston in free agency, said he and Bassey got wrapped up and his previously injured elbow got bent, and coach Ime Udoka said Smart was provoked by a remark from Bassey. Bassey called Smart's play dirty and the punch "fake toughness." Separately, Warriors star Stephen Curry will miss at least two weeks with an oblique tear, and sources told ESPN the team expects him out closer to a month. Curry left Wednesday's loss to Houston early in the first quarter and had an MRI; the Warriors fell by seven points after being down 19-10, ending an eight-game winning streak. Curry is missing at least seven games, and the team is already short-handed without Jimmy Butler III, Moses Moody, Kristaps Porzingis and Brandon Williams.