KNICKS VS. SUNS BRAWL, 1993
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July 13, 2009, 1:55 pm
Filed under: Basketball, Brawls, Bread City, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns | Tags: 1990s NBA, Danny Ainge, Doc Rivers, John Starks, Kevin Jonson, Rivalries, Rolando Blackman
Filed under: Basketball, Brawls, Bread City, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns | Tags: 1990s NBA, Danny Ainge, Doc Rivers, John Starks, Kevin Jonson, Rivalries, Rolando Blackman
Warmup windbreakers tearing, assistant coaches flying everywhere. Greg Anthony snuffs KJ, and still keeps his silk shirt fresh, pre-dress code. Starks does his signature fight move, a.k.a forehead-to-forehead trash talking. Even Rolando Blackman gets up off the bench looking for some, so you know it’s good.
At the time, Phoenix and New York were the two best teams in their respective divisions. The league handed out $160,000 in fines.
The brawl doesn’t really get going until the 4:00 minute mark, but it’s worth watching the fight-before-the-fight, if only to see how funny Danny Ainge looks when he’s mad.
Gotta love the clean deco lines on that 90s Suns court design.
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oh my i remember this! a thing of beauty! thanks for pulling this gem!
Comment by stingy July 13, 2009 @ 3:21 pm1993: When the regular season still had attitude.
Comment by scott July 13, 2009 @ 5:09 pmGood stuff, I remember this like it was the other day.
Comment by Phoenix son July 13, 2009 @ 5:13 pmcan you please find one of the only real punches thrown in NBA history: when jerry stackhouse attempted to decapitate jeff hornacek after a break away fould
Comment by chris freeman July 13, 2009 @ 5:30 pmI was at this game. Greg Anthony was and is a punk. And the shirt he was wearing was hideous!
Comment by Jason July 13, 2009 @ 5:51 pmthats when basketball was good…kj is a punk….phoenix thought they had attitude
Comment by Michael July 13, 2009 @ 9:37 pmnotice how riley never comes in to stop players from fighting unlike westphal or van gundy.. is it coz of the armani suit? don’t know why he trains players to be thugs, when he wasn’t one while being on the lakers bench in his playing days, unlike rambis.. the knicks should’ve been a real powerhouse even during the jordan days if only they had a real coach and not the whiner within..
Comment by reeley July 13, 2009 @ 10:30 pmnice video! how funny danny ainge and doc rivers were playing on opposite teams and now they are together in boston!
Comment by justkwokka July 13, 2009 @ 10:32 pmand ainge hired rivers..tsk,tsk..
Comment by ruley July 13, 2009 @ 10:46 pmhaha damn look at all the nba execs, coaches, commentators, and mayor of sacramento all involved
Comment by mole July 13, 2009 @ 10:56 pmwhere is the fight? all i see is a bunch of pussy yanks standing around trying to look tough…
Comment by Tom July 13, 2009 @ 11:55 pm15+ years later, KJ is the mayor of Sacramento and Greg Anthony is still a tacky bum who makes a living sitting around running his mouth.
Comment by Kevin Conroy July 14, 2009 @ 1:32 amdoc rivers started the whole thing…twice
Comment by chris July 14, 2009 @ 10:19 amwhat a punk
I remember this. I remember watching it live and jerrod mustaf was trying to throw and hit anyone he could, hes the one who comes flying in at the 4:28 mark and throws the guy at like the 4:37 mark. classic
Comment by dan November 5, 2010 @ 1:52 amNow the NBA is more excellent and more skill to be used !
Comment by qualir May 30, 2011 @ 4:53 amWOW ITS AMAZING HOW BIAS THESE ANNOUNCERS ARE UNBELIEVABLE that was a moving pick and two elbows into rivers andyone who thinks he started that is kidding themselves the first fight maybe but the second no way
Comment by Missthisnba December 8, 2011 @ 2:28 amhttp://ninetiesnba.blogspot.com/
The 90s ball is far more superior than the ball of today. You watch NBA Finals today and you yawn out of boredom. You used to watch an indifferent regular reason game in the 90s and you would be excited either due to spectacle or due to adrenalin.
Comment by chris January 31, 2012 @ 11:09 amKnicks were my team. Like they said we were either going to win the game or win the fight! The 90′s were the golden years of the NBA. Today is a bunch of flopping pussies. David Stern has killed it after these guys built it for him. You could get this kind of excitement anytime anywhere, now it takes the perfect storm to get half this excitement in even a finals game. They should just replay 90′s games non-stop in place of today’s NBA & give royalty checks to those players instead of raises to these clowns now.
Comment by HeckRock September 16, 2012 @ 11:41 pmI was at this game and loved seeing the action, 2012-13 suns just might have a little of this attitude at least I’m hoping so.
Comment by billybob September 29, 2012 @ 1:53 pm