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    Arash Markazi: 'All the Smoke' rolls on Kobe Bryant, 'Malice at the Palace' and other NBA tales

    by Arash Markazi, Los Angeles Times Nov 21, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Stephen Jackson was rolling a blunt as he tried to gather his thoughts on the "Malice at the Palace."

    Tuesday marked the 15th anniversary of the most infamous brawl in NBA history, which took place Nov. 19, 2004, during a game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons. It resulted in nine players getting suspended for 146 games. Jackson was suspended 30 games and lost $1.7 million in salary for the incident, which included him and Ron Artest taking the fight into the crowd after Artest was hit by a drink thrown by a fan.

    "I don't really think about the brawl until this time of

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