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The first time I watched the replay of it, I thought Artest and Jackson were suspended for the length of the season. After watching ESPN disect in every possible way, my opinion changed a bit.
I'm not going into who should get suspended/fined/arrested. The NBA doesn't care about my opinion, so what's the point?
Artest may have over reacted but even that is a tough decision considering he was trying to calm down after the initial fight. I cant say I wouldn't do the same. I think the fans got out of hand after Artest went after the first guy. Some guy who was trying to hold Artest back just started punching him in the back of the head, then Jackson comes to Artest's aid to get punched in the back of the head by some huge black guy.
The shit on the floor, I just cant see how that was allowed to happen at all. Some guy trying to start shit on the floor deserves to get punched, and Artest did just that. Fair enough. I cant see why O'Neal would punch some other guy the way he did though. He flew in from off camera and laid that guy out. From what I saw it didn't look like that guy was starting anything, but I cant say for sure, as I wasn't there.
I cant agree with anyone saying Wallace should be suspended or anything else. That fight was over by the time the cup was thrown, and it isn't like Wallace told anyone to throw anything.
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