<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Word of the penalties levied by the NBA in connection with the brawl among the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and fans prompted 76ers coach Jim O'Brien to say that it's up to players and coaches to help restore the league's image. "I'm sure it does," O'Brien said yesterday when asked whether the NBA's image took a major hit because of the brawl that happened late in the Pacers-Pistons game in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Friday night. "But how long [the NBA] suffers is up to the rest of us, and up to the whole league." Sixers president and general manager Billy King said the penalties had to be devastating for the Pacers, who will be without three starters for 25 games, and one for the rest of the season. "Two of them are all-stars," he said, referring to Artest and Jermaine O'Neal. </div> Source.
