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Shock, Sparks End Game With Brawl; WNBA Teams Fight Out Final Seconds
Topic Started: Wednesday Jul 23 2008, 05:24 PM (303 Views)
WeatherManNX01
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Candace Parker wanted to focus on all of the good parts of the Los Angeles Sparks' win over the Detroit Shock.

Unfortunately, it will be the final five seconds that everyone else is going to remember.

Parker was one of three players ejected along with Detroit assistant coach Rick Mahorn after an ugly scuffle with 4.6 seconds left in Los Angeles' 84-81 victory.

"To be honest, I don't recall exactly what happened," said Parker, who led Los Angeles with 21 points. "I'll have to watch the tape."

The skirmish started moments after Parker and Detroit's Cheryl Ford had to be separated after Ford fouled Parker.

On the next possession, Parker got tangled up with Detroit's Plenette Pierson and fell to the ground. As she was getting up, Pierson intentionally ran into her, setting off the melee.


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Cougar
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This WNBA Brawl took place on an MLS Field right? ;)
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PSUSyr5
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:lol: Topic moved to a more appropriate forum.
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WeatherManNX01
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It was a WNBA smackdown Thursday, when the league suspended Detroit Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn and 10 players for their roles in a skirmish with the Los Angeles Sparks earlier this week.

Shock forward Plenette Pierson was suspended Thursday for four games, the harshest penalty, for initiating and escalating the altercation.

Mahorn was suspended for two games as were Shannon Bobbitt and Murriel Page of the Sparks for the incident at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

"As a team, we're incensed that Rick Mahorn was suspended," Detroit coach Bill Laimbeer said in a telephone interview from Houston, where the Shock were scheduled to play the Comets. "He was trying to be a peacemaker and now he's being thrown under the bus."

Players suspended for one game included: Detroit's Kara Braxton, Tasha Humphrey, Elaine Powell and Sheri Sam along with Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker and DeLisha Milton-Jones.


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Wow, that's insane. I mean, five players from each tea....that's almost half the rosters! And I have not yet seen any evidence that the contact between Mahon and Leslie was anything but incidental.

I'm the sure the WNBA is trying to send a message here, one more harsh than most sports leagues would normally hand down..but wow. Five from Detroit, five from LA, and one assistant coach from Detroit.
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Looking at it again, is this really a brawl? :lol: How many punches were thrown? :lol:
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