Event review
The fight in Madison Square Garden took place in June 65438+February 65438+June 2006. In an NBA regular season game at Madison Square Garden Arena, the two sides were the new york Knicks and the Denver Nuggets. This is also the most serious fighting incident made by the League since the "auburn hills Palace Incident".
The fuse of this quarrel was that Knicks defender mardy collins fouled Smith of Nuggets maliciously at the end of the game. At first, it was just physical friction between the players on both sides, and later it turned into a fight. After the players from both sides were pulled apart, all ten players on the field were sent off. Later, the league banned seven bad players for 47 games.
Although Nuggets coach george karl and Knicks coach isiah thomas didn't accept the punishment, they were widely criticized by public opinion. Cameron Anthony also subverted his image in the league because of this incident. In the eyes of many people, the reason why the alliance made such a severe punishment for this incident was just to keep the image of the alliance away from violence.
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David stern, president of NBA, decided to severely punish the players involved in the fight afterwards. He said, "It is our indispensable duty to take necessary measures to avoid these situations." Seven players were suspended by the league afterwards, and the total number of suspensions reached 47 games, resulting in a player's salary penalty of $654.38+$0.2 million and a penalty of $500,000 for each team. Because Anthony has been suspended for more than 12 games, he has the right to appeal to the league. But Anthony declared that he had no intention of complaining about it and said that he didn't want to be "distracted".
Public influence
In the eyes of many sports writers, the fight between the two teams is far less violent than the "auburn hills Palace Incident" two years ago. In the poll of the sports website SportNation, 8 1% of the voters think that the biggest difference between the two teams is that the friction between the Knicks and the Nuggets has not affected the fans of the audience. Nevertheless, sports writer MichaelVentre thinks that the fight between the Knicks and the Nuggets is worse than the fight between the Pacers and the Pistons, because "this incident was completely triggered by the players' behavior and escalated because of themselves. "Some authors think that the heavy punishment of this alliance is more severe because of the auburn hills incident, because the alliance is carrying out a' very strict image finishing project' at this time.
Steve francis believes that the media's reaction to this incident and the league's punishment are quite "racist". He thinks that the struggle between Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Baseball (MHL) is more intense, but they are not punished so severely, because there are too many black players in the NBA. Francis's words aroused the admiration of many sports writers. MichaelWilbon, a sports writer and TV show celebrity, said: "NBA players are subject to stricter censorship than athletes in any sports league in the United States." Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of American black leader Martin Luther King, talked with the NBA after the fight, saying that "people participating in the game should be able to restrain their words and deeds." An NBA spokesman later said that they didn't think the meeting was necessary.