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Anthonywas involved in a fight with the Knicks' Nate Robinson, who jumped intoto jaw at Smith after the foul. Both Smith and Robinson ended up flyinginto the stands in the NBA's ugliest scene since the brawl betweenPacers players and Detroit fans in 2004.
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Nuggets-Knicks brawl ends with 10 players ejected
NEWYORK -- Ten players, including NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, wereejected for fighting during a wild brawl near the end of Saturdaynight's game between the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks.
All10 players on the court at the time were tossed for their involvementin the ugly incident that spread across the court and spilled into thecrowd at Madison Square Garden.
Anthony scored 34 points before the melee took place with about 1:15 left in the Nuggets' 123-100 victory over the Knicks.
Thefight started after Knicks reserve Mardy Collins flagrantly fouledDenver's J.R. Smith. With punches being thrown by several players, thehitting and grabbing continued for several minutes before coaches andsecurity ran onto the court and finally restored order.
Anthonywas involved in a fight with the Knicks' Nate Robinson, who jumped intoto jaw at Smith after the foul. Both Smith and Robinson ended up flyinginto the stands in the NBA's ugliest scene since the brawl betweenPacers players and Detroit fans in 2004.
With each team forcedto put five new players on the floor, Denver finished up the win andended a two-game losing streak. Marcus Camby had 24 points and ninerebounds, and Andre Miller added 12 points and 10 assists for theNuggets.
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Myfirst guess was that Anthony would be suspended for four games, aprediction I related to Denver coach George Karl after he reviewed atape of the fight.
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Robinson is certain to draw asuspension for his part in escalating the brawl, and likewise Collinsfor the part his flagrant foul played. The league might come down hardon Thomas, too, if it finds him culpable for instigating the fracas byordering a hard foul.
But the biggest penalty likely will go toAnthony, who began the night as the league's leading scorer and wasjust 75 seconds away from wrapping up a 2-3 road trip on a positivenote.
Now, he might be out until Christmas, and he might evenhave Iverson as a teammate by the next time he plays, although Karldidn't sound too positive about that possible development, either.
"Ispoke to [general manager] Mark [Warkentien] yesterday, and he said itseemed like it was dying down. I didn't even bother calling him today,"Karl told me before heading out the locker room door for the flightback to Denver, facing an immediate future without Iverson or Anthony... and sounding convinced things are going to stay that way for awhile.
QUOTE: How long will the league's leading scorer be suspended?
A punch -- whether or not it connects -- gets you an automatic one-game suspension.
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The footage you've undoubtedly seen by now puts at least five players in unquestioned trouble.
1.New York's Mardy Collins took J.R. Smith down with an initial hard foulthat can't be pardoned even if the Knicks' claims about Denver runningup the score are justified.
2. New York's Nate Robinson was the first to escalate the situation by wildly confronting Smith and other Nuggets.
3. Smith went after Robinson and the ensuing tangle spilled into a fan section along the baseline under the basket.
4.Anthony became the other chief escalator by throwing a right hook atCollins ... a punch that came after things appeared to be settlingdown.
5. New York's Jared Jeffries went so hard chasing after'Melo in response to the punch that Jeffries fell down and still had tobe restrained when he got up.
The best early estimates: Aminimum of five games for Anthony and Robinson ... and possibly longer.Suspensions for Collins, Smith and Jeffries would appear to be in therange of 1-to-3 games.
Don't forget, though, that Stern has beenexerting his authority more than ever since the infamousDetroit-Indiana brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Nov. 19, 2004.Keeping that in mind, it wouldn't be a shocker to see all of thoseestimates fall short.
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How much harsher will the penalties be because the fight crossed into fan territory?
It's a factor for sure.
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For proof, we refer you to the better comparison, which was less than a year ago.
InSeattle, on Jan. 11, 2006, Orlando's Keyon Dooling and Seattle's RayAllen wound up in the first row of seats along the sideline afterfighting.
Dooling was suspended for five games for throwing apunch at Allen (which did not connect) and for what the leaguedescribed as "attempting to confront [Allen] in the hallway followinghis ejection." Allen was suspended for three games.
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How closely will the two head coaches be looked at?
Youcan accuse Denver's George Karl of leaving his starters in way too long... but you can't punish him for it. That's not an NBA crime. Not evenif he did so as a way to convey his contempt for Knicks coach IsiahThomas, as fallout from the offseason firing of Karl's close friendLarry Brown.
Thomas, by contrast, might be facing more thanaccusations. You can be sure the league will investigate suggestionsthat Collins' hard foul on Smith came via mandate from the Knicks'bench.
That sort of directive would be difficult to prove, butESPN.com's Chris Sheridan reported Saturday night that Thomas,according to a member of the Nuggets' organization, warned Anthony notto venture near the paint not long before Collins' foul.
Whichcould put Thomas under the microscope as well, if similar accounts areconveyed to league personnel during Sunday's interview process.
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Can players be traded while serving a suspension?
This is a pertinent question given Denver's well-chronicled pursuit of Allen Iverson.
The answer?
It appears to be, in the words of one Western Conference executive reached Saturday night, "a gray area."
It'sbelieved that there is no language in the NBA's operations manual thatspecifically deals with teams' ability to trade a suspended player. Theteams would likely require special permission from the league office ifa player suspended for his actions Saturday night is needed by theNuggets to complete an Iverson trade in coming days.
