How is it Artests fault? I cant stand the guy, but when he fouled Ben, it was not even that bad for christ sake. Ben shoved him, and Artest immediately chilled out. Then a fan chucks friggin drinks at him. I understand an athlete needs to chill out, but we as fans need to as well. I am sorry, but player or not, you throw **** at someone and your gonna pay for it. I think the whole situation got way out of control and became ridiculous. But the fans were a joke, I would be pissed if my team was losing by 15 or 16, whatever it was.
But to throw all that **** at players, it's a joke. Hell, there were even Detroit fans trying to call the players on when they ran to the court. The fans were the main ones at fault here IMO. The brawl would have eventually cooled down, and **** never got THAT bad untill somebody chucked crap at Artest.
As fans it is our job to be passionate, but people need to know limits. Just total unclass from those fans, what a friggin joke.