I think it followed from the rule changes after the Malice at the Palace, in the 2007 Western Conference Semifinals the Suns' Stoudamire and Diaw were suspended for leaving the bench. Not joining a fight, literally just stepping away from the bench toward what was happening. The Suns lost the subsequent game and just to make things a bit crazier, Tim Donaghy was involved and wrote about the series in his book.
The bench rules were established way before Malice at the Palace, and every 90s Knicks fans should know this personally because we blew a 3-1 series lead to the Miami Heat in the 1997 Eastern Conference SF. Would've been 3-2 since we were losing Game 5 but we only needed to win either Game 6 or 7 to advance. But a lot of our guys left the bench just to gawk at the fight and they got suspended. There were so many Knicks players that they had to stagger the suspensions; some suspended in Game 6, some in Game 7. But when you don't have Ewing; game over. Frickin Tim Hardaway (yes, that one. That's his dad) was snitching out Knicks players in the locker room post game and even looked directly in the camera lol... That mf'er... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AZCP5rf5kXw.htmlm54s
I remember seeing this back in the day, was such a wild scene. It's pretty funny having a crazy event like this talked through calmly and somehow relaxing hahaha. The suspensions were insane here too, I think still longest in NBA history?? Plus Ron Artest wasn't exactly the most chill guy around 😂
Glad you set this incident up by bringing up their previous encounter. The Malice at the Palace was a marquee nationally televised game on ESPN (and locally televised too since I see the Detroit broadcast on RU-vid) so a LOT of ppl, like myself, were watching. Dunno if they watched til the end though cuz it turned into a blowout. Division rivals. And 2004 Eastern Conference Finals rematch. Crazy watching it live because once it spilled into the stands you didn't know how far or long it would escalate to. When another fight broke out on the opposite end of the court it felt like total chaos. Totally surreal. I couldn't believe I saw that live. Sportscenter was after the game but it turned into a Malice at the Palace special. Barely covered anything else. And the NFL was midseason too but it took a backseat to this. LOL got me thinking how there was no Twitter back then. It would have exploded. Back then you'd have to call someone or text them.
Stephen Jackson was on that team and i remember him talking about once they'd all got back into the locker room, the Pacers players and coaches almost got into it too 😂
For all the Pistons fans who left before the chaos; curious if any of them wished they stayed xD Bet Green never threw beer at someone ever again. They really should just keep the malice to the mascots.
Very fascinating overview of one of the most infamous incidents in 21st century sports thus far. I have to say though I really only care about it insofar as the rule changes it would spur (pun intended) likely led to Steve Nash being robbed of a title. But maybe that's a story for another video. :P
wow, I never thought I'd ever see this, sports history asmr, nice! If you want more suggestions for this type of video, you can do Tuck Rule, Spygate, Deflategate, and in baseball you got Pete Rose, Juiced by Canseco, at FIFA you got the Concacaf bribery for 2010 world cup votes, Juventus and their persistent bribery of refs; in skating you got Tonya Harding's slashing story, '02 French judge Olympic bribery, cycling you have the Lance Armstrong story, Ben Jonson's Olympic gold medal, and so many more!
One suggestion for a video I have is the 2010 packers 😁 Edit: if this is not enough content for a video, maybe you could also do how Green Bay went from Favre to Rodgers to love - the 2010 season would be in there anyway
Not sure if you are a big college sports fan but i got a weird ending to a game. In 1983 Ole Miss and Mississippi State were playing in the Egg Bowl the yearly rivalry college football game. MS State was going to kick a field goal to win the game, the kicker nailed the FG dead on only for the wind to just shove the ball away at the last second. Ole Miss would win due to the wind, it was known as the "Immaculate Deflection". A reporter called it the only FG where both sides cheered the same play.
Made me embarrassed as a Pistons fan to see Pacers and Pistons fans fighting each other then seeing a little boy cry. National media called Detroit fans punks.
