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All 10 players on the court were ejected.
Denver: Anthony, Camby, Miller, Najera and JR Smith
NY: Collins, Frye, Jeffries, Lee, Robinson
Anthony will get the most suspended games I think, because that was a really aggressive punch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHI2HYE2J0A
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Chris Sheridan from ESPN asked: "Did Isiah instigate brawl?"
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/s ... id=2699963
About a minute or two before the Knicks-Nuggets brawl erupted Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, New York coach Isiah Thomas mentioned to Denver star Carmelo Anthony that it wouldn't be a good idea to go anywhere near the paint, according to a member of the Denver Nuggets organization.
The message was unmistakable: A hard foul was coming. And when it came, the NBA had its first full-scale fight of the 2006-07 season.
[...]My first guess was that Anthony would be suspended for four games, a prediction I related to Denver coach George Karl after he reviewed a tape of the fight.
I think the suspension for Anthony should be between 10 and 20 game for that aggressive punch.
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And a nice overview.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/s ... id=2700058
The footage you've seen puts at least five players in unquestioned trouble.
1. New York's Mardy Collins took J.R. Smith down with the initial hard, two-handed foul that can't be pardoned no matter how frustrated the Knicks were with what they perceived as Denver intentionally running up the score.
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, not far from where Knicks chairman James Dolan sits.
4. Anthony became the other chief escalator by throwing a right hook at Collins ... a punch that came just when things appeared to be settling down.
5. New York's Jared Jeffries went so hard chasing after 'Melo in response to the punch that Jeffries fell down and still had to be restrained when he got up.
The best early estimates: A minimum of five games for Anthony and Robinson ... and possibly longer. Suspensions for Collins, Smith and Jeffries would appear to be in the range of 1-to-3 games.
