Brawl for It All

Here's what happened and why it happened in the Knicks-Nuggets brawl.

The Knicks were getting killed, by about 20, which is par for the course, but that the game been closer this incident wouldn't have happened. Then J.R. Smith did a 360 dunk on a breakaway. With less than 2 minutes left, Camby and Melo were still in the game. Isiah reportedly told Melo not to go into the paint. Either he was warning him about a hard foul, or telling him to kill the clock. Probably warning him.

So Smith gets another breakaway and Collins commits the hard foul. Justified. Smith getting up and getting in Collins' face, also justified. But Nate Robinson jumping on Smith and taking into the first row; that's went it went from a scuffle to a brawl.

And of course Melo. A complete cheap shot. I'm so disappointed in my boy Melo. Not only did he sucker punch Collins he then ran like a bitch when Jeffries came after him. The least he could have done was take on Nate Robinson.

I suspect 10 games for Melo and Robinson and 5 each for Collins and Smith. Some of the other participants, like Jeffries will get a game. And Isiah, if he's found to have instigated it, he'll get 5.

Here's the youtube clip, but the NBA keep taking them down, so I will try to keep up if this clip gets removed.