Knicks, Nuggets await brawl penalties
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As his team awaits punishment for its role in a brawl, Knicks coach Isiah Thomas insists he never threatened NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony but contends the Denver Nuggets caused problems by leaving their starters on the floor too long.
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The world of professional basketball was in uproar yesterday after nine players were suspended for joining in the most riotous brawl since the sport became a fixture on US television.
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Ten players, including NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected for fighting during a wild brawl near the end of last night's game between the Denver Nuggets and Knicks in New York.
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The NBA is reviewing film of the Celtics-Knicks game Monday night that included physical incidents involving most notably Boston's Paul Pierce and Tony Allen . A decision on possible discipline could be made today.
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Coach Isiah Thomas said the Knicks  were moving on from Saturday's brawl with the Denver Nuggets  that resulted in four New York players being suspended in what  team owner James Dolan described as "an ugly incident."
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NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony and nine other players were ejected after an ugly incident marred the end of the Denver Nuggets' 123-100 victory over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
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Ten players, including the Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, were ejected near the end of the game as the Knicks were routed for the second straight night.
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Rival National Basketball Association players and coaches have found plenty of blame to spread around regarding Friday's brawl between Detroit spectators and Indiana Pacers players.
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A brawl involving players and fans at  Friday's game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons in  Auburn Hills, Michigan may result in serious punishment from  the NBA.
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NEW YORK -- NBA commissioner David Stern promises new security guidelines for its arenas in the wake of a brawl between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons fans on Nov. 19.
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New York - Unprecedented suspensions and tighter arena security were imposed by the National Basketball Association (NBA) after an ugly brawl between players and fans that could deliver the league a painful blow.
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Another wild melee at the end of a National Basketball Association game has given the league a black eye and likely will bring sucker-punching NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony a long banishment.
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The chief executive of the N.B.A.'s players union intends to appeal the length of the league's suspensions of Indiana's Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson.
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NBA Commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended four players who took part in an ugly melee with fans, now regarded as one of the worst in sports history, in a Friday night game between the Indiana Pacers and the host Detroit Pistons.
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At least three Indiana Pacers players who fought with fans in a brawl at a National Basketball Association game in Detroit on November 19 will reportedly face assault and battery charges.
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The NBA came down hard on the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets, and none of the brawlers was spared. Not Carmelo Anthony, the NBA's leading scorer, who got the harshest punishment, a 15-game suspension. And not the teams themselves, who were fined an unprecedented half-million dollars each Monday.
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Five Indiana Pacers players and five Detroit Pistons fans are expected to be charged with assault today in a brawl that broke out on the court last month and spilled into the stands at The Palace of Auburn Hills, according to news reports.