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> "s_knight8" <s_knight8nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cnqif9$kpf@dispatch.concentric.net...
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> http://www.benmaller.com/archives/20...rtest_suspende
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>> 0_games.html
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>> Ron Artest will be suspended by the NBA for 30 games according to a
>> report on Fox Sports Radio. Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of the
>> Pacers
> will
>> also be out of action for 20 games each while Pistons star Ben Wallace
> will
>> miss five games for their roles in the fight in Detroit Friday night.
>>
>> Fred McLeod, pbp voice of the Pistons on FSN Detroit, reported on the
>> suspensions during a live radio interview on GameTime react with Ben
> Maller
>> and Chris Landry on Fox Sports Radio Saturday night.
>>
>
> not even close on Artest.
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NBA suspends Artest for rest of season; eight players get shorter bans
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Sunday, November 21, 2004
(11-21) 14:59 PST NEW YORK (AP) --
Ron Artest was suspended for the rest of the season Sunday as the NBA came
down hard on three members of the Indiana Pacers for fighting with fans
when a melee broke out at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
Overall, nine players from the teams were banned for 143 games, including
some of the harshest penalties the league ever issued. Artest is the first
player to be suspended for nearly an entire season for a fight during a
game.
Indiana's Stephen Jackson was suspended for 30 games and Jermaine O'Neal
for 25. Detroit's Ben Wallace -- whose shove of Artest after a foul led to
the 5-minute fracas -- drew a six-game ban, while Pacers guard Anthony
Johnson got five games.
Four players were suspended for a game apiece: Indiana's Reggie Miller,
and Detroit's Chauncey Billups, Elden Campbell and Derrick Coleman.
All of the suspensions are without pay.
Artest, O'Neal and Jackson -- who all threw punches at fans in the stands
or on the court at the end of the nationally televised Pacers-Pistons game
Friday night -- began serving their suspensions Saturday. Indiana, limited
to just six players because of the suspensions and injuries, dropped an
86-83 decision to Orlando.
URL:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...757EST0538.DTL