Mavericks & Spurs melee
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Mavericks & Spurs melee
Did anyone see the fight near the end of the Mavericks-Spurs game? I heard that Robert Horry took a bite of Jerry Stackhouse's arm.
arlos wrote:They showed that on ESPN last night. I dunno if he ripped chunks out, like Tyson did to Holyfield's ear, but he definitely was chompin down. Ref tossed his as out of the game immediately.
-Arlos
It was a double technical, double personal. Horry wasn't penalized anymore than Stackhouse was for the altercation. He wasn't kicked out of the game.
The NBA handed down penalties for the altercation. From ESPN:
NEW YORK -- The NBA suspended San Antonio Spurs forward Robert Horry two games without pay for his role in a physical confrontation with Dallas Mavericks forward Jerry Stackhouse, in which the Mavericks say Horry bit Stackhouse on the arm.
The league said it suspended Horry "for intentionally making physical contact with a game official" and for his actions in the altercation. But the league did not specify in its release whether Horry bit Stackhouse, or if a bite or attempted bite was the cause of the suspension.
Horry denied biting Stackhouse.
Replays of the incident showed Horry attempting to bite Stackhouse's arm, but Horry's teeth never made contact with Stackhouse's skin.
"I went for a rebound, felt a stiff-arm, and it was Horry," Stackhouse said before the Mavericks faced Charlotte in Dallas on Friday night. "It was a basketball play, a heat-of-the-moment thing. I didn't see him try to bite me."
The incident came with just over a minute left in the Spurs' 98-89 win in San Antonio, a hard-nosed defensive struggle between the top teams in the NBA's Western Conference. Horry and Stackhouse tangled under the Mavericks' basket after both went for a rebound.
Horry will serve his suspension Saturday when the Spurs host the Portland Trail Blazers and on Monday against the Lakers in Los Angeles.
For his part, Stackhouse earned a $30,000 fine for an obscenity-laden post-game tirade against veteran referee Dick Bavetta, who worked the game.
"Somebody saw Bavetta get off the bus [Wednesday] night and I thought, 'Oh, [expletive].' I knew what was coming," Stackhouse told The (Fort Worth) Star-Telegram.
"It's tough to come on the road in this environment and have to play agains the refs, too," Stackhouse told the paper. "[Expletive] Dick Bavetta. I'm tired of his [expletive]. It's like the game is about him. He just needs to call the game and call the fouls."
Friday, Stackhouse said he thought he would receive a lesser fine from the league.
"I was expecting $7,500,'' he said. "Did I expect $30,000? Not at all."
Stackhouse did not back off from his criticism of the officiating in the matchup between the top two teams in the Western Conference.
"I'm not going to change how I feel," he said.
Bavetta, a 31-season league veteran, declined to comment.
NEW YORK -- The NBA suspended San Antonio Spurs forward Robert Horry two games without pay for his role in a physical confrontation with Dallas Mavericks forward Jerry Stackhouse, in which the Mavericks say Horry bit Stackhouse on the arm.
The league said it suspended Horry "for intentionally making physical contact with a game official" and for his actions in the altercation. But the league did not specify in its release whether Horry bit Stackhouse, or if a bite or attempted bite was the cause of the suspension.
Horry denied biting Stackhouse.
Replays of the incident showed Horry attempting to bite Stackhouse's arm, but Horry's teeth never made contact with Stackhouse's skin.
"I went for a rebound, felt a stiff-arm, and it was Horry," Stackhouse said before the Mavericks faced Charlotte in Dallas on Friday night. "It was a basketball play, a heat-of-the-moment thing. I didn't see him try to bite me."
The incident came with just over a minute left in the Spurs' 98-89 win in San Antonio, a hard-nosed defensive struggle between the top teams in the NBA's Western Conference. Horry and Stackhouse tangled under the Mavericks' basket after both went for a rebound.
Horry will serve his suspension Saturday when the Spurs host the Portland Trail Blazers and on Monday against the Lakers in Los Angeles.
For his part, Stackhouse earned a $30,000 fine for an obscenity-laden post-game tirade against veteran referee Dick Bavetta, who worked the game.
"Somebody saw Bavetta get off the bus [Wednesday] night and I thought, 'Oh, [expletive].' I knew what was coming," Stackhouse told The (Fort Worth) Star-Telegram.
"It's tough to come on the road in this environment and have to play agains the refs, too," Stackhouse told the paper. "[Expletive] Dick Bavetta. I'm tired of his [expletive]. It's like the game is about him. He just needs to call the game and call the fouls."
Friday, Stackhouse said he thought he would receive a lesser fine from the league.
"I was expecting $7,500,'' he said. "Did I expect $30,000? Not at all."
Stackhouse did not back off from his criticism of the officiating in the matchup between the top two teams in the Western Conference.
"I'm not going to change how I feel," he said.
Bavetta, a 31-season league veteran, declined to comment.