Fights

[ronny mulkey]

Administering the rules is one thing and catching ALL the action is another. Unless you can watch both benches and all 10 PLAYERS (those on the court) it is going to be hard to get catch everything. Down here, brawls are closely scrutinized via tape and the officials hardly ever catch it all. It is chaotic and there are not a lot of places to practice for these kinds of situations.

Like most on here, I believe that Rut would have administered all that they saw correctly. But, I'd be very interested in Rut's detailed account - number of players fighting, number leaving bench not fighting, number leaving bench and fighting, coaches beckoned or not, free throws shot, coaches ejected or not, number of fouls charged to each team, resumption of play.