NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd was suspended Friday for two games after pleading guilty in a drunken driving case.

The NBA announced Kidd will miss the first two games of the season. The Nets open at Cleveland on Oct. 30 and host the defending champion Miami Heat on Nov. 1.

Kidd pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge after he crashed into a utility pole on eastern Long Island on July 15, 2012. He was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. He returned to court Monday after completing community service and his plea was reduced to a violation, driving while ability impaired.

“I think we all knew that was going to come at some point,” Kidd said Friday after practice at Duke University in Durham, N.C. “You have to be responsible and the league came down with the suspension, and I accept that.”