Detroit melee latest black eye to degenerating NBA
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The television image to remember from Auburn Hills Friday night was not the flying beer cups or the thrown punches. Not the chaos of brainless bums disguised as fans, or unhinged vigilantes who a moment before were professional athletes.
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Talk throughout Staples Center on Saturday, as the Clippers lost to the Houston Rockets, centered around Friday night&#39;s melee in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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All hell broke loose with 45.9 seconds left in the Pistons&#39; showdown with Indiana on Friday at the Palace. Ron Artest fouled Ben Wallace hard, causing a near riot with Wallace going after
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An epic brawl involving Indiana Pacers players and angry Detroit Pistons fans turned into a near-riot, the most disgraceful day in National Basketball Association history yet.
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Last week&#39;s basketball brawl in Detroit, triggered by an on-court fight that spilled into the stands when a fan tossed a drink, has set the sports world buzzing.
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The NBA enters unfamiliar territory in its first season after the breakup of the Los Angeles Lakers, unquestionably the league&#39;s marquee team for the past five years.
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The end of the Detroit Pistons' road trip was almost the worst night in their history.
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And you thought the Throwdown in Motown was ugly. Now the NBA, the National Basketball Players Association and the lawyers are getting involved, and it&#39;s going to get a whole lot uglier and nastier than any Stephen Jackson right cross to the jaw.
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The sight of Detroit fans scuffling with NBA stars at the end of a game and showering players with beer, ice and popcorn gives the city another black eye as it struggles to overcome a well-worn reputation for violence and unrest.
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The second-worst offensive team in the NBA is about to experience another transformation -- the third stylistic change it has undergone this season -- and if Lawrence Frank has anything
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The NBA is considering a plan to abolish the three-point shot until the end of games to increase shooting percentages and make the sport more aesthetically pleasing.
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(Indianapolis) - After one of the ugliest brawls in sports history, the NBA has indefinitely suspended four players. Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O&#39;Neal from the Pacers have been suspended, along with Ben Wallace from the Pistons.
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The most shocking thing about the NBA melee that occurred last weekend is that it didn&#39;t happen sooner. Or that it wasn&#39;t worse.
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The worst brawl in NBA history highlights the combustible mix of rabid spectators and strutting athletes. Is the game itself losing out?
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The fallout was swift from one of the worst brawls in US sports history that brought the Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons basketball game to an ugly end Friday night.
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Ron Artest was suspended for the rest of the season Sunday and two of his Indiana Pacers teammates must miss a total of 55 games for fighting with fans in a melee that broke out at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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There is the possibility that this Knicks team could end up being branded the worst in franchise history, even worse than Larry Brownâs notorious 23-59 team from two years ago.