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Originally posted by AGDee
Many people are "at fault" because the incident couldn't have occurred without each element:
1) Artest made a cheap foul that was unnecessary with the Pacers ahead by 12 and 1 minute to go in the game.
2) Wallace reacted to that foul with violence himself, unnecessarily... maybe he came back too soon after his brother's death.
3) The ONE fan who first threw the beer at Artest was wrong.
4) Artest was wrong for reacting as he did and going up into the stands and punching out the WRONG fan.
5) Everybody who was violent in any way was wrong.
6) They were in Auburn Hills, not Detroit
7) 20 years ago, there were some cars set on fire during the 1984 World Series celebration, which was a bad thing. The city was not "burned to the ground" by any means. Since that time, many many cities have had celebrations after sports victories (and losses) go bad and bad things happened. Detroit has since had numerous celebrations (Pistons in early 90's, last year, Red Wings 3 times) without any problems.
8) Hoodlums can't afford those court side seats. They are $80 a ticket and only season ticket holders can get them.
9) Innocent bystanders (like the woman who was trampled), if seriously injured, most certainly should sue.
10) It is embarassing to everybody from Detroit for this to happen, but I do believe it could happen anywhere.
Dee
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Agreed on all points. I wonder what the NBA will do to try to prevent things like this from happening again. Cage matches anyone?
Those NBA analysts on ESPN were pretty quick to slam the city of Detroit as a whole. I wonder if they are still pissed at seeing the Lakers get drilled last year in the Finals
