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NBA downgrades flagrant foul on Peterson

MINNEAPOLIS -- Toronto guard Morris Peterson was able to
play in the Raptors game on Monday night against the Minnesota
Timberwolves after the NBA downgraded a flagrant foul call against
him from a Type II to Type I.

Peterson was ejected with 6:06 remaining in the first half of
Toronto's 103-89 victory over Chicago on Sunday after he knocked
Kirk Hinrich to the floor while the Bulls guard was trying to
complete a fast-break layup.

The call carried with it an automatic one-game suspension. The
NBA, though, rescinded it after viewing videotape Monday.

Peterson entered Monday night's game at the start of the second
quarter.

"I didn't intentionally try to hit him in the head," Peterson
said before the game. "I went for the ball. I'm just glad it got
reduced. I think people know I'm not a dirty player."

Peterson is averaging 9.1 points and 3.3 rebounds.

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