WNBA Fight

A big brawl broke out during the last 4.6 seconds of a WNBA game on July 22, 2008, between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock. Los Angeles player Candace Parker and Detroit assistant coach Rick Mahorn were thrown out of the game.¹

Fast Facts

1. The scuffle began after Detroit player Cheryl Ford fouled Los Angeles player Candace Parker¹
2. Detroit player Plenette Pierson then rammed Parker after getting tangled up in Parker and falling to the floor¹
3. The coaches and several players from both teams joined in the brawl¹
4. Los Angeles won the game with an 84-81 victory¹
5. Cheryl Ford suffered a sprained knee in the scuffle²

Quotes

"To be honest, I don't recall exactly what happened. I'll have to watch the tape."—Candace Parker²

"I was trying to protect the whole game, the integrity of the game. The WNBA is very special to me because I have four daughters. I don't even raise my hand to them, and I would never push a woman."—Rick Mahorn, assistant Detroit coach²

"Rick Mahorn is known as a peacemaker, from even the brawl we had here with Indiana. He went out there to get people off the pile, and to get people to stop the confrontation. That's who he is; that's what he does."—Bill Laimbeer, coach of Detroit Shock²

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