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Many in the media have already pointed the finger
at the Pistons fans for the mess at the Palace on Friday night.
Here's my take on the fight, and on the Detroit fans behavior:
- Detroit fans should be scolded for throwing
cups, chairs, ice, etc., at the players. But it is not
unprecedented for fans to throw things at players or on the
court.
- Ron Artest is to blame here. After being
peppered with a cup while resting on the scorers table, Artest
took off into the crowd. Had Artest not reacted and gone
into the crowd, there would have been no incident. |
- Once a player goes into the crowd, how can you
blame others in the crowd for reacting? The players were
coming after the fans, how would you react?
- There were a couple comical moments in
the footage. Watching the face of the guy that Artest went
after first was priceless. First he was screaming at
Artest, practically laughing even as the Pacer nutcase was
heading toward him. Then he realized that he was
the target of Artest's charge and his attitude changed,
especially when Artest's big paw was wrapped around his head.
- You have to like the fat kid who was on the
court. He kind of just wandered out there during the
melee. I don't know if he said something, but Artest took
two shots at him and he stood in there.
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