A Dark Day in Detroit
Larry Brown called the end of last night's Indiana-Detroit game the "Ugliest thing I have ever seen as a coach or as a player."
The Pacers beat the Pistons last night but everyone in this game was a loser in the end.
Larry Brown was talking about the huge brawl at the end of the game. Here is how the huge brawl started-Indiana was up by 15 with just under a minute left. Ben Wallace was going up for a layup when he was fouled hard by Ron Artest. Ben Wallace went crazy and pushed, not punched, Ron Artest. The players were going at eachother on the court but no punches were thrown. Ron Artest was laying on the scorer's table away from the mini brawl when Ben Wallace threw a towel at him. Ron Artest got up but then sat back down on the table. After this point it was complete insanity. While Artest was laying on the table, he was hit on the chest by a plastic cup filled with some type of liquid. The cup was thrown by a fan. Ron Artest went crazy and went into the stands after the fan who he thought threw the bottle(it was actually the wrong guy) and took him down while trying to punch him. Stephen Jackson of the Pacers also ran into the stands and was fighting in the stands with the fans. Rasheed Wallace ran into the stands trying to break up the fights. Once Artest and Jackson came down to the court again;another stupid fan challenged Artest and Artest took him out as well. Then Jermaine O'Neal came into the mix and punched the same fan that Artest had punched on the court. After all the players got out of the stands, the worst think happened(in my mind). As the Pacers were going into the tunnel out of the court, they were showered by drinks, popcorn, and who knows what else. A chair, yes a chair, was even thrown at Jermaine O'Neal. The chair luckly missed him. After the Pacers went into the tunnel, the game was called. To get a more complete wrapup of what happened, click here or click here.
This was the most horrible thing you can every imagine that will happen in a basketball game. Nobody goes without fault in this game. I got this email this morning from someone who was very very mad about this.
Any fan of the Pistons has got to be one of the
dumbest scumbags on the face of the earth.
Consider yourselves not welcome anywhere else
To the person who wrote this-the fans at the game who were involved in this brawl were the "dumbest scumbags" on the face of the earth. Very few Pistons' fans are actually like that. They were probably drunk and some of them deserve to go to jail. They are the main people to be blamed for this. They gave Detroit a bad name. They are not the only ones at fault though. Ron Artest was one of the main ones who was a complete idiot in all of this. He should not have cheap fouled Ben Wallace so late in the game. He also probably should have not ran into the stands when he was hit with the plastic cup. His suspension will be the longest I assume. Ben Wallace is also at blame. He should not have gotten so mad at Artest for his foul. If Wallace had just walked away, none of this would have happened. Stephen Jackson also has some blame. He should not have went into the fans trying to take somebody down. I think the biggest singular blame of all of this goes to the complete idiot who threw the plastic cup at Artest. That started the chain reaction to all the other fans I think. That fan should be jailed and fined.
This whole incident was just horrible. It will leave a scare on Detroit and the NBA for a long time. To all the fans and players who caused all of this to happen:you really disapointed a lot of people. There were little kids at this game who did not need to see this. You made yourselves look like little babies on national television. This should have never happened. I hope nothing like this will ever happen again.
The Pacers beat the Pistons last night but everyone in this game was a loser in the end.
Larry Brown was talking about the huge brawl at the end of the game. Here is how the huge brawl started-Indiana was up by 15 with just under a minute left. Ben Wallace was going up for a layup when he was fouled hard by Ron Artest. Ben Wallace went crazy and pushed, not punched, Ron Artest. The players were going at eachother on the court but no punches were thrown. Ron Artest was laying on the scorer's table away from the mini brawl when Ben Wallace threw a towel at him. Ron Artest got up but then sat back down on the table. After this point it was complete insanity. While Artest was laying on the table, he was hit on the chest by a plastic cup filled with some type of liquid. The cup was thrown by a fan. Ron Artest went crazy and went into the stands after the fan who he thought threw the bottle(it was actually the wrong guy) and took him down while trying to punch him. Stephen Jackson of the Pacers also ran into the stands and was fighting in the stands with the fans. Rasheed Wallace ran into the stands trying to break up the fights. Once Artest and Jackson came down to the court again;another stupid fan challenged Artest and Artest took him out as well. Then Jermaine O'Neal came into the mix and punched the same fan that Artest had punched on the court. After all the players got out of the stands, the worst think happened(in my mind). As the Pacers were going into the tunnel out of the court, they were showered by drinks, popcorn, and who knows what else. A chair, yes a chair, was even thrown at Jermaine O'Neal. The chair luckly missed him. After the Pacers went into the tunnel, the game was called. To get a more complete wrapup of what happened, click here or click here.
This was the most horrible thing you can every imagine that will happen in a basketball game. Nobody goes without fault in this game. I got this email this morning from someone who was very very mad about this.
Any fan of the Pistons has got to be one of the
dumbest scumbags on the face of the earth.
Consider yourselves not welcome anywhere else
To the person who wrote this-the fans at the game who were involved in this brawl were the "dumbest scumbags" on the face of the earth. Very few Pistons' fans are actually like that. They were probably drunk and some of them deserve to go to jail. They are the main people to be blamed for this. They gave Detroit a bad name. They are not the only ones at fault though. Ron Artest was one of the main ones who was a complete idiot in all of this. He should not have cheap fouled Ben Wallace so late in the game. He also probably should have not ran into the stands when he was hit with the plastic cup. His suspension will be the longest I assume. Ben Wallace is also at blame. He should not have gotten so mad at Artest for his foul. If Wallace had just walked away, none of this would have happened. Stephen Jackson also has some blame. He should not have went into the fans trying to take somebody down. I think the biggest singular blame of all of this goes to the complete idiot who threw the plastic cup at Artest. That started the chain reaction to all the other fans I think. That fan should be jailed and fined.
This whole incident was just horrible. It will leave a scare on Detroit and the NBA for a long time. To all the fans and players who caused all of this to happen:you really disapointed a lot of people. There were little kids at this game who did not need to see this. You made yourselves look like little babies on national television. This should have never happened. I hope nothing like this will ever happen again.
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