What were the Craziest Fights In NBA History?

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One of the greatest appeals of basketball is how close fans can get to the action, some essentially sitting on the same court as the players. With court side seats sometimes selling deep into five-digits, it was obvious what sort of steps the league was going to take to prevent fights.

There have been altercations since the fateful day in Detroit that brought about league-wide changes, but nothing of too much significance outside of some harmless punches, elbows and pushing. It’s so much a thing of the past that it’s become nostalgic. It presents a trip down memory lane when you go back and see how much teams truly didn’t like each other, far different than what we see today, where we’re watching the league’s best players work together in the off season.

So we’re paying homage to those fights that’ll be a part of NBA history forever. This list of the 20 best or most intense fights in NBA history is dedicated to the brawls and the memorable punches.

ROBERT HORRY VS. PHOENIX
Yeah, it wasn’t much of a brawl but it’s just funny because it is SO ridiculously blatant… and then Horry tries to play it off like it was nothing. Then there’s Steve Nash, who acted like he’d been shot before joking about it afterward. I doubt he realized at the time that this fight probably cost the team a series win.

RONDO VS. HUMPHRIES
How do you stop an incredible double-digit assist streak? Why, you get someone involved in a brawl. Rajon Rondo had a streak of 38 consecutive games recording double-figure assists before being ejected for instigating this baseline fight between Boston and Brooklyn. What’s ironic about this now is that most of the key figures involved (Gerald Wallace, Kevin Garnett and Kris Humphries) have all switched teams. It’ll be interesting to see what happens this year.

KOBE VS. CHRIS CHILDS
Bryant always gets praised nowadays for being an ice-cold assassin. Remember when Matt Barnes threatened to throw the ball in his face and Kobe didn’t move? Yeah he probably realized at an early age, thanks to a New York backup guard, that he shouldn’t be running around starting fights.

P.J. BROWN VS. CHARLIE WARD
Knicks fans will tell you this destroyed a possible championship season. It might’ve… had the Bulls not won 69 games this year. New York, you weren’t beating Mike. Sorry. The Knicks blew a 3-1 lead in this semifinal series in part because it felt like half their team was suspended. Allan Houston, Patrick Ewing and Charlie Ward were suspended for Game 6, and Larry Johnson and John Starks were suspended for Game.

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