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MANILA, Philippines – Things got ugly after the Indiana Pacers defeated the Detroit Pistons, 94-82, on Sunday, January 3.
Led by the 32 points and 14 rebounds of All-Star Paul George, Indiana was able to hold off their division rivals in a match where Detroit’s head coach Stan Van Gundy was ejected with 22.6 seconds left in the contest.
In the final two seconds of the game with Indiana already assured of victory, George, who scored his team’s last 21 points, tried to strip the ball from Detroit big Marcus Morris – something that wasn’t necessary given that the Pacers already had the game in the bag.
As the clock expired, the two got up in each other’s grill and had some words, and it eventually led to Morris shoving George with both his hands.
The teammates of both guys then tried to separate the two and also got involved, and eventually so did the two coaching staffs, the referees, and other officials.
Watch the confrontation here:
The Pacers and Pistons franchises are no strangers to brawls.
It was back on November 19, 2004, when one of the most brutal moments ever in NBA history took place when Indiana and Detroit got into a brawl with 45.9 seconds left a the game.
It started thanks to a hard foul by Ron Artest on Ben Wallace, and escalated into a fight between both teams that eventually wound up in the stands as Artest attacked a fan whom he thought was responsible for throwing a beverage at him.
Stephen Jackson, then a Pacer, also punched a fan.
The consequences were steep as the NBA suspended a total of 9 players for 146 games, leading to fines that saw $11 million lost.
– Rappler.com
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