I can't believe you're being such an apologist for the fans. What about that obese Piston fan who charged down out of the stands and attacked Fred Jones from behind?? Some of your "fans" were throwing their folding chairs at players. One Piston "fan" nailed a ref with a beer bottle and cut his head open--I know it's popular to blame the players---but when fans run onto the court with fists raised--they almost deserve to get beat down.
Sam, I agree with you totally, there is no excuse for fan behavior, all I'm saying is artest was hit with a plastic cup, charges into the stands with a teammate in tow and starts punching the lights out of people. That escalated the whole situation. There is no excuse for the fans or how it got out of control, and they should all be prosecuted. What I'm saying is everyone is overlooking that there is no excuse for players to bum rush fans in the stands.