Post by beatie06 on Dec 19, 2006 0:04:40 GMT -5
there was the choas between new york knicks and denver Nuggets in the last quarter with 1 minute and 15 seconds remaining in the game. The Nuggets were winning 119-100 on the Knicks' homecourt. Denver head coach George Karl kept his team's starters on the court for the closing minutes of a game that was all but won for them, though doing so is considered by many people within the NBA to be showing a lack of sportsmanship. Speculation has arisen that this might have been done as way of showing up the Knicks and Isiah Thomas, the current Knicks head coach who, as General Manager of the Knicks in 2006, had fired Karl's friend Larry Brown. It has been confirmed that Thomas warned Denver's All Star forward Carmelo Anthony to stay out of the paint, suggesting that the Knicks were going to respond to the apparent showboating with a show of force.
then brawl started when Knicks rookie Mardy Collins flagrantly fouled J.R. Smith as he was on a breakaway for a dunk or lay up, by reaching around his neck and throwing him to the ground. Smith and Collins immediately began arguing aggressively as Knick guard Nate Robinson came to his teammate's aid and began pushing Smith. The trio were surrounded by many Knicks and Nuggets players, as well as officials. The fracas further escalated as Carmelo Anthony pushed Robinson hard. At this point Robinson and Smith began tussling and the altercation devolved from shoving and yelling to actual punches being thrown. Robinson and Smith for a moment were fighting in the courtside seats behind the basket, forcing some spectators and photographers to move away. More fighting ensued, involving most, if not all, of the players on the court at the time. Eventually, however, order was mostly restored, with the main participants in the altercation being restrained by teammates, coaches, and officials.
Despite the fact that the fighting was apparently coming to an end, Anthony then punched an unsuspecting Collins (the player who had committed the initial hard foul) and began to retreat to the other end of the court. Knicks forward Jared Jeffries immediately chased after Anthony the length of the floor to avenge his teammate. Players, coaches and officials were able to keep Jeffries away from Anthony, and order was eventually restored, and no further fighting occurred. Jeffries later stated that "You have to do what you have to do when your teammate is sucker-punched."
So the officals deided to throw out the ten players 5 per Team
The Knicks
Mardy Collins, Nate Robinson, Channing Frye, Jared Jeffries, and David Lee
The Nuggets
Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Andre Miller, Marcus Camby, and Eduardo Nájera
So the aftermath ended when ther Commish of the NBA didn"t Like so he seen it like last brawl so he fined both teams half a million dollars and Suspended 7 players
Carmelo Anthony, Denver, 15 games
J.R. Smith, Denver, ten games
Nate Robinson, New York, ten games
Mardy Collins, New York, six games,
Jared Jeffries, New York, four games
Nenê, Denver, one game
Jerome James, New York, one game
what do think of this mess
then brawl started when Knicks rookie Mardy Collins flagrantly fouled J.R. Smith as he was on a breakaway for a dunk or lay up, by reaching around his neck and throwing him to the ground. Smith and Collins immediately began arguing aggressively as Knick guard Nate Robinson came to his teammate's aid and began pushing Smith. The trio were surrounded by many Knicks and Nuggets players, as well as officials. The fracas further escalated as Carmelo Anthony pushed Robinson hard. At this point Robinson and Smith began tussling and the altercation devolved from shoving and yelling to actual punches being thrown. Robinson and Smith for a moment were fighting in the courtside seats behind the basket, forcing some spectators and photographers to move away. More fighting ensued, involving most, if not all, of the players on the court at the time. Eventually, however, order was mostly restored, with the main participants in the altercation being restrained by teammates, coaches, and officials.
Despite the fact that the fighting was apparently coming to an end, Anthony then punched an unsuspecting Collins (the player who had committed the initial hard foul) and began to retreat to the other end of the court. Knicks forward Jared Jeffries immediately chased after Anthony the length of the floor to avenge his teammate. Players, coaches and officials were able to keep Jeffries away from Anthony, and order was eventually restored, and no further fighting occurred. Jeffries later stated that "You have to do what you have to do when your teammate is sucker-punched."
So the officals deided to throw out the ten players 5 per Team
The Knicks
Mardy Collins, Nate Robinson, Channing Frye, Jared Jeffries, and David Lee
The Nuggets
Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Andre Miller, Marcus Camby, and Eduardo Nájera
So the aftermath ended when ther Commish of the NBA didn"t Like so he seen it like last brawl so he fined both teams half a million dollars and Suspended 7 players
Carmelo Anthony, Denver, 15 games
J.R. Smith, Denver, ten games
Nate Robinson, New York, ten games
Mardy Collins, New York, six games,
Jared Jeffries, New York, four games
Nenê, Denver, one game
Jerome James, New York, one game
what do think of this mess