NBA BRAWL
The Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers game ended in a fan vs. players brawl last night. I'm sure you've seen the video by now, I'll offer up my comments now...

As a player, you don't go in the stands.

Never. You don't do it. You have to be a professional, you have to be above it. I understand that getting hit by a beer, like RON ARTEST did can set a person off. But with that said, you don't go into the stands. Once Artest chased in the stands, that's when this riot exploded. Then you had STEPHEN JACKSON follow him to "protect his teammate", but in reality all he was doing was throwing haymakers at the nearest person. As Artest walked off the floor, he basically sucker punched a fan who was standing on the court. The fan definitely should not have been there, but you don't walk up to a person and punch them, especially when they are posing absolutely no threat. Then that same fan got decked by JERMAINE O'NEAL, who came flying out of nowhere to deliver a vicious punch.

This was one of the worst fan vs. player incidents ever. Definitely the worst in the NBA's history.

I understand that many people understand that Artest went after the person who he thought threw the beer at him and probably would have done the same themselves. As I said before, it is understandable, but it still does not justify it.

BEN WALLACE, who started this all by pushing/punching Ron Artest, Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal and a few others are looking at huge fines and suspensions from the NBA.

As for the fans involved, there is video of them and they should be receiving tickets and maybe even going to jail for their actions if it is warranted. The NBA, and all of professional sports needs to do what they can to prevent this from ever happening again.