most of the valid points have already been made, but being from detroit it's truely embarassing that this had to happen. The pistons made such a big deal about there fans (as most do) after winning the title, and the fans completly took that championship away from this team. They will be rememberd more for this then they will for beating the lakers 4-0.
the blame is so widespread its rediculous, the foul wasn't flagrant - but it was cheap - ben took it over board - u need to understand that ben pushing artest didn't all of sudden create tension, it just escalated it too far- this is a bitter rivarly and tensions are high even in the midst of a schooling from the pacers in detroits home court (another pride point the pistons dwell on - or used to). The fan shouldn't of thrown a beer, artest went after the WRONG guy. So in that case, it's very easy to say how he should never of set foot in the stands. The players are getting paid millions and millions to be in that area and play ball, if a beer gets thrown at you, pull you wallet out and see who's laughing then. Ska made the point - the NBA has NO class.
i read an article on how david stern plans to use models from FIFA and how they have dealt with incidents of this nature. "In that case both teams should be worried, very worried."