I thought you guys were just talking about the first brawl and was wondering what all the hoopla was about.....Then....Jack Pot.
looks like that year for the playoffs is when they started the rule for automatic fine for leaving the bench and automatic ejection for throwing a punch. The 1 game suspension was implemented the following year http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=NBA_Rules_History_1980-Present also found this link interesting http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/3453/Sports++Recreation/Notable+Brawls+in+NBA+history.aspx
classic, lmao @ ainge going after starks for no reason after River ran after KJ...he also was yelling and pointing at whoever wanted to listen in the first scuffle...definitely an instigator.. Imagine how rivers emotions went from feeling liike a bad ass going after KJ to scared as hell when he realize chuck had him in a choke hold....Chuck looked like an olympic sprinter out there :grin:
Barkley had a nice tackle on Rivers. Can you actually believe alot of these participants are now NBA coaches and TV color analysts? lol
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"5 seconds left to go, til the half...Mason inbounds..." ( alright whatever, gonna close this and head out to go -) "Now Doc Rivers is going after Kevin Johnson! He went out there with his FISTS!!"
Classic case of preferential treatment of a superstar! Michael and Reggie get into a fight. Michael throws a punch and he doesn't get ejected, but Reggie does?! That's ridiculous! At the very least, you would expect two players to get thrown out!
Exactly, Reggie starts but never throws a punch, then Jordan throws a punch, and Jordan doesnt even got a technical?? Thats why the coach was so upset. Why the superstars get a special treatment??
MJ did get special treatment, it was pretty obvious he went after reggie and escalated the confrontation, but i dont remember the replay rules back then, didnt seem like they watched any,so that didnt help..