For the second time in less than four years, a major brawl has broken out in the Palace of Auburn Hills, this time in a WNBA game (who knew people took the WNBA this seriously?). Last night, the L.A. Sparks visited the Detroit Shock. After a hard foul down on the other side of the court, Plenette Pierson of the Shock decides to get physical with the face of women's basketball, Candace Parker. Fortunately for us, Parker is a not a pushover, thus she retaliated and the catfight began.
Two things to note in this fight.
1) a few seconds into this melee, the Shocks best player, Cheryl Ford (the daughter of Karl Malone) fell to the floor and grabbed her knee in pain while trying to hold back a teammate from fighting. Real good move...you will probably lose your best player for awhile because she was one of the few players who tried to hold back her teammates.
2) After Shock Assistant coach Rick Mahorn tried to pull Lisa Lesile away from the fight, he accidentally knocked her down causing Sparks guard Delisha Milton-Jones to push him from behind and throw a punch at his head. Luckily for Mahorn, Milton-Jones is about as accurate as Shaq when he went after Brad Miller.
Obviously this fight will make headlines because it was outside of baseball and involved a large number of players. But don't think this is "the Malice at the Palace" part two, because it didn't even compare to the insanity that ensued November 19, 2004 when the Pacers, Pistons and FANS got involved in a brutal beatdown.
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