The NBA announced on Monday afternoon that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will receive a one-game suspension, and lose out on a game check of $284.004 as a result, for hitting Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart, who received a two-game suspension and will miss out on $45,201 in game checks for his role in the incident, in the third quarter of Sunday's game.

James was assessed a Flagrant-2 foul, which resulted in an automatic ejection, while Stewart was also ejected after getting two technicals for unsportsmanlike conduct during the incident.

This is the first suspension of LeBron's NBA career, and Sunday night's ejection was also just the second of his career.

James will miss the upcoming matchup against the New York Knicks, which will ironically mean that he will be on the floor when the Lakers face off against the Pistons again, but this time at Staples Center on Sunday, Nov.

The altercation that led to James' suspension occurred in the third quarter when Stewart and James were fighting for positioning to grab a rebound.

Stewart was pushing into James, who clearly didn't take kindly to it and swung his arm back and punched Stewart in the eye.

Neither James nor Stewart spoke following the end of the game, in which L.A.

Pistons coach Dwane Casey said in part, "I don't think James is a dirty player, but again, it got them going." Lakers All-Star forward Anthony Davis echoed the same sentiment in saying James isn't a "dirty guy," and noted that James tried to tell Stewart he didn't mean for that to happen immediately after he saw what he did. 

Intent aside, though, the Lakers will now have to carry on for their next game without James after getting him back just a game prior from an eight-game absence due to an abdominal sprain