Television Malice at the Palace

Wittmann45

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I just finished it and it was great. I am a Canadian and I lived near Detroit at the time of the incident. The Pistons were hugely popular after winning a title, the Pacers were the new Bulls as far as hated teams in the city, and the brawl was one of the biggest Detroit news stories that I can remember. The story was in local, and national, news for what seemed like months.

The documentary was great. It did a really good job to set the context, I liked the pace and they picked the right people to interview. Jermaine O'Neil and Reggie came off well and sympathetic, better than Artest/Metta. Admittedly, I am a Pistons fan and I recognize Metta had mental health issues, but I scoffed aloud when Metta claimed that lying on the score table was part of his therapy.
 

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Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson were just nutcases.

O'Neal and the Pacers were the biggest losers of this. I think O‘Neal went pretty downhill after that. Up to that, he was improving steadily and he would have probably been a much better player for years and years. He was a star in the making. But after that, he just didn't kick on to the star level, but stagnated. A lot of Injuries kicked in at some point as well a few years later and his career was pretty mich over as a starter.
 
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I remembering watching this live. Gonna watch it now on Netflix
 

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I remember this happening. Still wish Ben would have just decked Ron for the fans.

Show him some meta world peace.
 

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Just watched it, damn. O'Neill got screwed hard there.
Stephen Jackson is a real one.
 
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