NEW YORK, October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Argentine guard Carlos Delfino of the Milwaukee Bucks and American Austin Daye, a Detroit Pistons forward, were each suspended one game on Saturday by the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The bans, which will force each man to the bench in the first regular-season game of the 2009-2010 campaign in which he is healthy and on the roster, came due to an altercation between them in a pre-season game Wednesday night.

Daye was suspended for striking Delfino in the face. Delfino was banished for retaliating by swinging at Daye.

The incident took place with 34.1 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of host Detroit’s 113-104 win over Milwaukee.

The NBA season opens October 27.