Festus Ezeli was suspended one game without pay for initiating an altercation with Tyler Hansbrough by grabbing his throat, the NBA announced on Saturday.

The incident occurred during the Golden State Warriors' win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday.

The Cleveland Cavaliers' five-man unit of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Timofey Mozgov and J.R. Smith has been the best in the NBA in terms of net rating at +25.9.

The lineup has played 242 minutes together since Smith and Mozgov were acquired via trade. The unit scores 118.6 points per 100 possessions while allowing just 92.7.

The Golden State Warriors' five-man unit of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Bogut, Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes ranks second at +19.6.

The Cavaliers host the Warriors on Thursday.

Stephen Curry is sitting out the Golden State Warriors' game on Sunday against the Indiana Pacers with a sore ankle.

The Warriors will play All-Star point guards in each of their next three games (John Wall, Kyrie Irving, Kyle Lowry.

Curry had a string of ankle injuries early in his career, but has remained remarkably healthy since signing a contract extension in 2012.

James Michael McAdoo has been signed by the Golden State Warriors for the remainder of the season.

McAdoo, 22, has appeared in four games with Golden State this season, averaging 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in 5.0 minutes. He originally signed with the Warriors on a 10-day contract on January 19 and signed a second 10-day contract with Golden State on February 2.

McAdoo has appeared in 26 games (24 starts) with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League this season, averaging 19.3 points (12th in the D-League), 9.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.12 steals (third) and 2.31 blocks (fifth) in 33.0 minutes while hitting 57.8 percent from the field.

Marc J. Spears first reported the impending deal and indicated it would include a partial guarantee for 15-16.

The Golden State Warriors will almost certainly find themselves paying the luxury tax next season unless they unload David Lee's $15 million salary.

Ownership hasn't said a deal to trad away Lee has to be found before the deadline as they don't want to upset the team's current chemistry.

But there are teams interested in working with the Warriors on a deal involving Lee that would see them attach assets along with his contract before the deadline.

The Warriors will have Klay Thompson on the first season of his new contract, as well as the anticipated new deal for Draymond Green.

Draymond Green has interest in pursuing an offer sheet this summer as a restricted free agent with the Detroit Pistons.

Green grew up in Michigan and played at Michigan State. Green also spent a great deal of his time in Michigan when not in season.

Green enjoys playing for the Golden State Warriors, but he may need a competitive offer from another team to get a fair contract with them.

The Golden State Warriors are the current favorites to win the 2015 NBA championship.

More money has been bet on the Warriors to win the title than any other team at William Hill's sportsbook in Nevada, where Golden State is listed at plus-240, or 12-5.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are next at 3-1, followed by the San Antonio Spurs (13-2) and the Atlanta Hawks (7-1).

Stephen Curry has one of the NBA's most team-friendly contracts, but his four-year, $44 million deal in 2012 was a hard decision at the time for the Golden State Warriors.

Curry was coming off a string of ankle injuries.

The Warriors have given extensions to Andrew Bogut and Klay Thompson in each of the subsequent years.

"It never gets talked about, but Curry’s extension wasn’t as easy as everybody says. Bogut’s extension. Klay’s. All these deals we’ve done that I think have worked… You pay a player in the NBA, they’re guaranteed.

"Curry, he’s been–knock on wood–extremely healthy. (But) when we did that deal, he wasn’t. And a lot of people felt, ‘Why are you doing this now?’

"Sometimes the scariest decisions you make are the ones where you’re committing to a player. And people would look at those and say, ‘Those were easy.’ Those weren’t easy decisions.

"Klay might’ve been the easiest decision and you would’ve never thought that. But paying players… you’re putting yourself out there, especially with the injury risk.

"Committing to the players in the organization, which I think we felt really good about because of the character of those guys… a lot of the reasons why teams suffer in the NBA is because you commit salary to players that aren’t worth it and become immovable."

Klay Thompson has signed a shoe deal with Anta.

Thompson was previously wearing Nike shoes.

Anta is a Chinese shoe company that also has Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo as endorsers.

Stephen Curry was plagued by chronic ankle injuries during his first few seasons in the NBA.

Following the 11-12 season, there was a serious concern that Curry may need full reconstruction of the ankle.

Octagon's Jeff Austin, remembers it — "hadn't really been done on that type of athlete" and might have forever changed his career.

Dr. Richard Ferkel found no structural damage and wound up cleaning out loose debris and scar tissue. Curry would be back within three to four months. Later that day, the Golden State Warriors issued a statement that offered only subtle hints about the significance of it all.

"The surgery went about as well as we could have hoped for entering the procedure," Ferkel said in the statement. "We were pleased that the surgery was limited to simply a cleaning out procedure and I anticipate that he'll be ready before the start of training camp."