Jonny Blaze: I respect your points but I dont necessarily agree with it. So, Wallace's anger is justifiable and Pacers players weren't? All Artest did was foul him hard and Wallace acted as if his afro had been shred to pieces. C'mon now lets be fair now. Yes, Artest has been slammed for a season and his past history did come into play. Now, I ask, if it was Kobe or someone else swinging blows would the NBA punished him like that. I am not sure abt the answer. I think NBA got a scape goat in Artest to prove its point. Dont get me wrong but I am not supporting Artest or his acts. I am simply saying that the distribution of penalty was unfair. You also said that O'neal/Jackson werent acting in the heat of the moment. You are in a chaos , defending your teamate when he is scuffling in the stands..then what do you do? put your hands in teh pocket and wait for another beer bottle to hit you? I mean yes...he was throwing some punches..he should have been trying to hodl Artest down rather than fight..it did escalate things but he will be punished for that!! I would rather have a bud who would help me out then run away in the locker roon.. And whats up with the Pistons fan confronting Oneal on teh court..its not RIGHT!! if you want the plaeyrs to act right then you need to do that as well...I mean if there is A RULE THAT SAYS ATHELTE SHOULDNT JUMP INTO STANDS NO MATTER WHAT THEN THERE SHOULD ALSO BE A RULE THAT THE FANS SHOULDNT CROSS THEIR BOUNDARY. So, I think both were the culprits..both should be punished.