NBA bans players of Pistons, Pacers for brawl (Agencies) Updated: 2004-11-22 09:29
 NBA commissioner David Stern announces
suspensions of nine NBA players for an altercation at a November 19 game
between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers during a press
conference at New York's Madison Square Garden, November 21, 2004. Pacers
forward Ron Artest was suspended for the remainder of the season.
[Reuters] |
 Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons and
teammates are kept apart from Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers by Pacers
head coach Rick Carlisle and official Tommy Nunez Jr 19 November 2004
during their game at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
[AFP] |
 Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers is escorted
out of the Palace by Chuck Person following a melee 19 November 2004
during their game against the Detroit Pistons at the Palace of Auburn
Hills, in Auburn Hills, Michigan. [AFP]
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 The NBA has suspended Ron Artest, Jermaine
O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers and Ben Wallace (news) of
the Detroit Pistons indefinitely on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, for their
roles in Pacers-Pistons brawl Friday night, Nov. 19. Commissioner David
Stern calls brawl 'shocking, repulsive and inexcusable.' All are shown in
these 2003 handout photos. [AP] |
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