Fractures in the skull and lynching to fans: the worst fights of the NBA

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Detroit Pistons They starred on Monday a fight that had not been seen in the NBA. The duel ended five players expelled between both sides, including two members of the technical bodies, such as the Argentine Pablo Prigioniold acquaintance of Spanish basketball after passing through clubs such as Real Madrid or Baskonia and who is currently an assistant for Minneapolis. The penalties for the guilty are expected to be draft, as the trifulcas have been one of the great evils of the American league and have caused several of the darkest episodes in their history.

Houston Rockets – Los Angeles Lakers (1997)

The first great fight of the modern NBA only had a single blow, but its consequences were so serious that they marked a before and after in sport. The Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers played and Kevin Kunnet and Kermit Washington They engaged. At that time the Astro of the Angels intervened, Kareem Abdul-Jabbarthat grabbed Kunnet, an action that caused the captain of the Rockets, Rudy Tomjanovichleave the bench to take action on the matter. Seeing his intentions, Washington, out of nowhere, gave him a punch in his head that almost cost his life. In the Emergencies they informed him that maybe he did not survive when he was diagnosed with a skull fracturea jaw rupture and a leak of the cranioecephalic liquid. Washington was suspended with two months without salary and Tomjanovich, although he could not play that year again, survived without sequelae and had a prosperous race.

Philadelphia 76ers – Boston Celtics (1985)

One of the first and most media was the one that occurred during the Conference Finals between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics. The two sets had played the pass to the grand final in the previous three years (the next three would do so) and the tension reached an unsuspected limit in the fifth game of the series, when the greens only needed one more victory to qualify. Larry Birdstar of Boston, he engaged with his homonym of the Sixers, the great Julius Ervingand both began to hit a blows that ended up spreading several of their teammates. To top it off, that duel was only directed by Dick Bavetta Well, his partner in the arbitration painting, Jack Madden, had been injured. The mess ended with 18 people fined, including Bird and Erving, who paid $ 7,500 each.

Phoenix Suns – New York Knicks (1993)

It happened during a regular season meeting between the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks, finished with a 121-92 for those of Arizona. After numerous encounters, the local base Kevin Johnson and Doc rivers They took advantage of the break to assault themselves. The incident was more and Greg Anthonywho was injured and dressed up on the bench, headed to where Johnson was just to punch on his face. There were six expulsions, 12 techniques and, given such a registration, the NBA itself changed the regulations on the movement limitations that an unveiled player can have on the bench. The Knicks coach, the mythical Pat RileyHe ended his shattered pants in the fray. The Suns coach, Jerry Colangelohe said he had seen anything similar in his 27 years of career.

New York Knicks – Denver Nuggets (2005)

Again the Knicks were protagonists, although this time before their audience and against the Denver Nuggets. After the Discolo JR Smith Receive an unsportsmanlike Mardy Collinswhen the escort was preparing to throw the sanction free throws, he was grabbed of his neck by his aggressor. He threw it to the ground, at which time Smith stirred and turned on the wick of the fight. Carmelo AnthonyNuggets star and that years later would sign for the Knicks, hit Collins. An unfortunate chain of situations that made David SternNBA commissioner at that time, suspended seven players with a total of 47 matches. 15 of them went to Anthony, who at that time was the top scorer of the competition.

Detroit Pistons – Indiana Pacers (2005)

The mother of all fights, a pitched battle among the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers players who even inspired the phenomenal documentary ‘Malice at The Palace’ (Neflix). The always controversial Ron Artes and the bigardo Ben Wallace They caught the fuse, but the incident ended with a field invasion and the Indiana player Stephen Jacksonnicknamed ‘American Gangster’, uploaded to the stands of the Pistons stadium distributing blows to right and left to different fans. The NBA fined the causes with 146 sanction matches and fines that exceeded 10 million dollars among all. The policies of the fans and the sale of alcohol changed forever