I’ve dissected that shit so many times and still don’t know what to make of it. It ended as typical NBA stuff with just lots of legs and limbs flying around but really nothing of substance happening.
Tree Rollins bit Ainge. I can't stand a cheap shot but I would take Ainge or Stockton on my team every time.
Rivers said Mo threw first punch and it missed. We couldn't see the ruckus until baseline cam filmed it. In a slowed down version, Austin got in a pretty clean knuckle duster to side of Mo's head. In rugby scrum that ensued, Rivers was trying to squish Mo's head. Since like 8 people were laying on Mo Bamba, all he could do was slurp up River's armpit juice. I just read angry Mo Bamba tried to fight Rivers again near the locker rooms. Security was there to keep the peace, but Mo was really angry while coated in a face full of Austin's 48hr gel deoderant. Mo Bamba tossed some security guys around. Rivers 3 game suspension Mo Bamba 3+1 game (hallway discourse) Suggs suspended 1 game for tackling Austin
Malone and Stockton were both cheap shot artists ... Ainge was more of a guy that toed the line but never thought of him as dirty ... very few of these guys could hold a candle to half the roster of the bad boy Pistons.
Laimbeer & Rodman; Rodman & Laimbeer. When it comes to cheap shots and dirty play those two were generational talent. Mahorn and Aguirre were cheap-shot all-stars too. And, James Edwards was really good at the very-hard-foul-while-going-for-a-block thing. Even Zeke got into the act
