DALLAS -- Lakers forward Ron Artest was suspended from tonight's Game 3 of a second-round series against the Mavericks for hitting Dallas guard J.J. Barea in the face with a forearm.Los Angeles, already down 0-2, now will be playing a pivotal game without its starting small forward."No reaction," Artest said Thursday in Los Angeles. "I'm just ready to move forward and play basketball."Barea was dribbling around Los Angeles' Lamar Odom with 24 seconds left in a game that already had been decided when Artest moved in and swung a forearm at the guard's head. Artest was ejected.
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