Indiana fans set pace for post-brawl rooting
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INDIANAPOLIS - A basketball game, not a boxing match, broke out at Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon. And thatâs the best thing that could have happened for the Indiana Pacers and for sports in general.
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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.
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Criminal charges have been laid against five Indiana Pacers basketball players and five fans over a brawl at an NBA game last month.
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The brawl on Friday night following the Indiana Pacers&#39; victory against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace was an unprecedented occurrence for the NBA.
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(INDIANAPOLIS, November 22nd, 2004, 4:30 pm) -- The Indiana Pacers&#39; leadership voiced their support for Ron Artest and the other players suspended after the brawl with Detroit Pistons fans but have not yet decided whether to appeal the punishments.
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When Rasheed Wallace guaranteed the Pistons would win Game 2 in the Eastern Conference Finals at Indiana last season, he was expecting a very hostile Pacers crowd that night.
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Here is a look at the series of events in the brawl Friday night involving the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and fans in Auburn Hills, Mich. The game was stopped when order could not be restored.
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So now, the second wave of reaction has set in to last Friday night&#39;s Pistons-Pacers-Fans brawl at the Palace. At first, the reaction was shock, dismay, outrage.
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Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest gets back on the court after going into the stands after fans during a brawl with the Detroit Pistons with just 45.9 seconds left in the game Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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In a state uniquely devoted to basketball, the Indiana Pacers and their still-loyal fans faced a harsh new reality last night at Conseco Fieldhouse as eight players dressed for a game against the Celtics. The contest marked the first time Indiana took the court knowing the full extent of suspensions levied against Ron Artest (remainder of the season), ...
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Today marks the one-month anniversary of The Brawl. Amazingly, life has gone on. There doesn't appear to be any major fallout in terms of fan neglect; the product was doing a good enough job of that as it was. But there's no denying the Detroit-Indiana melee and resulting suspensions impacted the teams involved, one of which, the Pacers, is still ...
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I am not about to condone the Indiana Pacer&#39;s behavior for charging into the stands and swinging at some Detroit Piston fans. As a professional and public figure, he has a responsibility to take the high road with unruly fans.
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Here is a look at the series of events in the brawl Friday night involving the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and fans at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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Auburn Hills, MI (Sports Network) - Five members of the Indiana Pacers and several Detroit Pistons fans were charged Wednesday in the November 19 brawl that took place at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
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How many other teams can make news by finishing two-a-day practices with a bar fight -- not to mention one in which some Thundering Herd knucklehead maybe gives a ticket to the festivities to a player on a team they&#39;ll be playing next month?
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers&#39; front office offered an apology and support for suspended players in the wake of stiff penalties against those involved in Friday night&#39;s brawl at the end of a nationally televised game at Detroit.
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Five members of the Indiana Pacers and seven fans of the Detroit Pistons have been brought up on formal charges related to an ugly fight in Detroit last month.