Topic awaiting preservation: Pistons Pacers game

Anyone else see the scene that occurred at the Pistons/Pacers game? Crazyness.

uhh. no... would you fill us in? or do you want ppl to just say things like "yea I saw that... that was pretty crazy." that would make one hell of a thread, dont you think? : )

yea I saw that... that was pretty crazy.


hehe. no i didnt see it. but i read about it a lot. there has been some fighting between players and fans and the game was ended 45 seconds before final time.

The melee in question:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1927663

:::11oh1:::

For anyone interested, go here and click the vid link:
http://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/3935695/detail.html

edit: Seems the video, at least for me, only works in right in IE.

Ramasax

(Edited by Ramasax on 11-21-2004 19:46)

One Player Barred for Season as N.B.A. Responds to Brawl (Must login)

The National Basketball Association imposed its stiffest collective penalties ever yesterday, suspending the Indiana Pacers' Ron Artest for the remaining 72 games of the season and suspending his teammates Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal for a combined 55 games for fighting with fans Friday night.

In a sequence replayed repeatedly on television in the past 48 hours, Pacers players charged into the stands at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan in perhaps the worst brawl in pro basketball history.

Jackson was barred for 30 games, O'Neal for 25. Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, who shoved Artest and instigated an on-court tussle between the teams after a hard foul by Artest, received a six-game suspension. Five other players received lesser suspensions. All the suspensions are without pay, and the players union said it would appeal them.

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So what do you guys think about the punishments handed down?

As a sports fan, I think leagues need to start cracking down on violance from players. Guys like Artest who are constantly in trouble should be kicked out of the league. When it comes to attacking fans, there should be a zero tolerance rule in all leagues. I think the leagues have an obligation to protect fans.

Yeah sorry about the undetailed post, but I was in a heck of a hurry and thought I'd just start the discussion, and I knew some people would know what I was talking about.