Mike Breen Opens Up About Calling The Malice At The Palace 

Imagine Mark Jackson calling the Malace in the Palace with Breenie... "Hands down MAN down!!!" 🤣🤣🤣

I will ALWAYS consume Malice in the Palace content

😂 Mike said "I'm not new to this, I'm true to this" Seriously tho, what an iconic voice. So cool to have him on the podcast and hear his perspective on some of the most wild NBA moments from the commentators chair

Mike Breen got a calmness to his voice you don’t get to hear often

The old man and the three is such a gem…JJ is an incredible interviewer

mike breen is a true legend

Jermaine O’Neal should be in the HOF for his performance that night alone

Got a chance to meet Mike Breen a few years back. Truly the nicest and most humble person. We are lucky to have him call our knick games

Keep in mind that the flagrant foul didn't become a rule until 1990-1991.

Watched that game live. Never forget it. Jaw was on the floor for 20 min. I remember Artest scored 19(!) in the first quarter alone. They had won 60+ games the season before but lost to Detroit in a great series. Was rooting for them bc I wanted Reggie to get a ring before he retired. They looked great and were gonna get revenge against one of the best teams ever…and then their entire season burned right before my eyes live on ESPN.

by far the greatest play by play in the history off the NBA. pure class

The fact that Jomboy hasn’t broken down Malice at the Palice yet is criminal

Glad i get to watch these podcast in my early 20s help me understand the game more wish we had these back in the early 2010s

I got chills just listening to the crowd part

Good commentary is one of those things you don’t appreciate as much until you watch the same clip/video without it or with a bad announcer

Who here remembers watching the entire brawl live bc back then they didn’t cut to commercial for stuff like this?

JJ Reddick will still say these times are just as physical even after Breen and SAS tell him ITS NOT!

I can still hear him saying "NOW ARTEST IS IN THE STANDS!!" I was like 😲😲😲

Mike politely said sure today's players are physically impressive but the league is soft and young guy's don't know how brutal it was back then.

During the game, he goes off topic, and starts chatting about other things instead of call the game! I love to listen to Marv Albert! He was old school

LMAO JJ claimed the game is as physical as it's ever been, but then contradicted himself by saying it's harder to play defense nowadays. Today's game is nothing like it was even 10 years ago because of how many rules have changed. Usage rates are so much higher now because offensive superstars are given much more FT attempts and open lanes because less physicality is allowed and thus they're not as gassed and bruised in order to give bench players more minutes.

Thank you for the content! Just wanted to say appreciate for posting shorter clips like these too.

Great interview. Some life lessons, "because you just document..."

People never talk about it but the refs really changed after that night. They started calling a lot more ticky tack calls and I blame that for the current state of refs in the NBA. They're afraid of this happening again.

I didn't appreciate Mike enough. He has better voice than I thought, he is consummate professional and has very good takes on everything. I love how he disagrees yet providing great justification.

I appreciate that JJ watches old NBA games from the 80's and 90's but he didn't say Ewing/Oak/Mason Knicks or Bad Boy Pistons. Maybe leaguewide wasn't overly more physical but some teams were built to be punishing.

You can tell the difference in the type of physicality by JJ Redick’s career.

Such a great answer from Mike about how physical the game was due to rules

Genius move to end the video on Breen saying “defense if harder in the modern nba” now I gotta go watch the podcast to find out his justification.

The media won't say this part but people should know that those fans were not your average Detroiters. The palace is far from the city and at that time most people from the city did not frequent those games. Those were spoiled brats for the most part throwing tantrums.

If only this had come out last year when I wrote a research essay on Malice at the Palace

Honestly I saw why artest went nuts. Some stranger throws a full beer on him w/ all his nasty back wash germs plus it's so gross. However it was classless for artest to be lying on the scorers table like that. His coach needed to get him off. He was just laying there like he was at home on hos couch. So artrrst was brought low class( do u see magic bird mj or Ewing ever do that? )if Ron didn't go off & run in the stands that guy should have been arrested cause that's assault. Artiest obviously escalated that by flying into the stands & attacking some other dude for throwing it thinking it was him. The ref the coach a teammate someone should have made artest get off that table. So as much as that drunken fan doing that was disoicable u can't obviously as a player go attack a fan. Everyone involved acted horribly. I'm glad in many stasiums they stop serving booze in the 2nd half cause opposing fans esp when wasted become belligerent. No player deserves to be abused by a mob of fans.

Mike need a podcast, such a smooth voice without crowd noise in the background lol

Ron Artest is so massive in that thumbnail 😱

The physicality question didn’t go JJ way 😂😂😂

Love the podcast, but to say the game is as physical today as the 80s 90s sound so ridiculous =D. This goes hand in hand with worsening defensive ratings, the rules have tilted too far towards the offense.

JJ doesn't THINK the game is less physical? You don't need to think JJ, just open your friggin eyes man. It's not a matter of opinion.

You dont think the game is softer than it used to be??? Highschool ball in the early 2000's was way way way more physical than the NBA is now.

My favorite moment in sports history

I went to the Cavs v Pistons game after the Malice at the Palace

I cant even keep track of all the podcasts i agree its almost like a running joke now but one of my favorite thing about so many of these podcasts is we hear these behind the scenes type stuff or not well known stuff to some people

Before I watched I subscribed my boy

Ikr I remember this was when I was In 7th grade and I love Ron Artest/Meta World Peace opinion on this malice on the Byron Scott Podcast

Come on JJ, trade deadline recap and playoff prediction lets go!

We love mike mannn

This was a good question

JJ wearing the rhoback hoodie can tell he’s playing a lot of golf bc no one else knows about that brand

We were all lucky that back then the pistons weren't playing in Detroit. I truly believe if that happened in the D, there would've been much more severe injuries. Especially at that time in Detroit.

Pistons fans are forever a W for sticking together

That rhoback hoodie is fire

I saw it live on TV. It was mop up time and I almost changed the channel but I didn't! I was sooooo hype lol

Had no idea Mike was so sarcastic lol

His voice is perfection

His voice make the mics better lol

1 of the best things to ever happen in the NBA

NBA's biggest hooligan moment ever!

I remember Stephen Jackson trying to calm Ron Artest and then got attacked himself and laid dudes out, that was my favorite part

Malice at the palace is better than NBA today

Players aren’t tryna lose their money, league would fine them like crazy for fighting

Reddick probably got mad that Breen didn’t agree with him when he asked him the physical question

A rule change that would be good for the game and bring some balance back to a fair contest between offense and defense would be; if an offensive player initiates contact it's not a foul. As it stands the game is unwatchable to me. Large offensive numbers seems exciting but it's not when there isn't a fair contest. I want to see a fight, not a layup line and a march to the free throw line every time a defender breathes on the ball carrier.

Bill Burr’s comedic bit about The Malice at the Palace will always be a classic!!! 🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏻😂

Saw malice and went 😊

How is jj riddick talkin to mike Breen when mike breen is usually the one talkin? Why does mike breen voice sound different also?

2015 the raptors had a game in Detroit. It was one of the first time sections of raptor fans showed up to a away game. At the end of the game there was a hard foul on derozan the raptor fans started booing and the pistons players started screaming at them. The security started freaking out because they thought they could have had a malice 2.0 My cousin and I were at that game.

Only reason 90s ball was more “physical” was because no one could actually guard up so they had to grab and hack and hold on for dear life. Y’all seen how AI had mj on skates.

Remember when Kevin McHale did a clothesline takedown of Kurt Rambis in the Finals? There was no flagrant fouls then, and McHale stayed in the game and played the rest of the series. These days, that's a Flagrant 2, automatic ejection, and likely suspension to follow. Alonzo Mourning once left a walnut-sized welt on Scottie Pippen's forehead. Common foul, no flagrant. These days, it's a flagrant 2, automatic ejection, minimum fine. I totally agree with Breen on the hard fouls. You just can't play bully ball anymore. Anything hard today gets overly scrutinized. Players today are athletic freaks and I don't question their toughness, but back then you could use physical intimidation and punishment as deterrents in ways you simply can't now.

“Celtics fans are the trashiest fans in the NBA” Pistons fans: Hold my liquid from the bottle I just launched at your head from point blank range

Think the nba needs to add some illegal screens to the dirty column and fine/suspend players that flare their hip or elbow out when someone goes by I don’t want the league to eventually become 1-2 players running around multiple screens every play just to shoot a 3 I love outside in, and the rules favor screens during the playoffs when the refs hold their whistles Can see Tatum get smacked across the arm and get a no call, but see smart get a Charlie horse every screen and not get a call either. But one obviously has a higher % chance to go in

A lot of the people who like to say "they don't play any defense nowadays!!" can't seem to understand that the offense is at an all-time high, and good offense usually beats good defense.

Mike Breen is a nice guy but I hate listening to him do play by play, because he doesn’t, if you are not watching the game you don’t know what’s going on or who has the ball!

I dont want to see people slamming people but I want to see better defense which involves more handchecking etc.

Whenever people talk about the physicality of the 80s and 90s and that today's players would get pushed around, like they would also be allowed to be more physical. Lebron might get fouled harder but he also is a physical freak that could play MORE physical defense, like he would manhandle guys

JJ Reddit bought the set from Joe Rogan's studio and placed it vertically instead of horizontally...

Mike and JJ have the same voice

As a Pacer fan I was pissed. They were a legit title contender. Ben Wallace was a punk, didn’t even got fouled that hard. Arrest couldn’t keep his cool, Reggie final year, everything crumbled after that

It's harder to play defense because the rules more than ever is catered towards offense.

Jj keeps trying to prove that the nba was not more physical back then than it is now. Give it up man no one agrees with you

Ron Artest left the game early because he wanted to beat the crowd

Ben Wallace was such a BEAST that 6'9, 260lb Ron Artest ran from him to go fight 20,000 angry Detroiters instead. Great night.

whose better? mike breen or kevin harlan

players arent soft. theyre just careful.

Let’s Get Negative ahhhhhhhh 😂😂😂

Paul George: *Makes a shot* Mike Breen: This building has come alive! The lead has cut to six! Kawhi Leonard is going CRAZY!! Kawhi: 😐😐😐😐😐

It's too hard to play defence now. Kids call everything a foul. Would've loss my mind if I didn't find some old heads to play with lol.

Initiate contact and draw fouls? You mean flopping ? The flopping is ridiculous in the #NBA

JJ Redick just got his myth debunked that the 80s & 90s were just as physical as now

Goat

Its tough because I like the physicality of the old NBA but I dont want the star player on my team breaking his hand on someones head and being out for months

in reality the guy that threw the beer on ron should have been charged, not the other way around. side not: Mike Breen is a hood legend

The game is less physical and soft but that's mostly because the rules are softer.

They are called soft because they flop every 5 minutes

Redick doesn't think today's players are soft????? Two words: load management.

Let’s Get Negative

jj is basing his analysis off of youtube videos. I think its time we call out jj on his bs. we are giving him wayyy to much credit

Nba is soft don’t act dumb, your just showing respect to your former co workers. Compare any sport nba players cry, and it’s still the only major league sport I watch.

Illegal screens for the win smh. Lakers In 6

I have to be honest. I prefer the malice in the palace to this everybody love everybody every night

Get her out of this

Now now, no time to be 😺, let players duke it out and settle their differences, we fans are much more entertained and the players clearly want to fight, how dare you stop them?