Nate should have gotten more games. Things wouldn't have escalated if he didn't start running his mouth.

Sucks that Melo had to get 15, but he did throw a cheap shot.

Don Stern had to make him an example so that he would show that star players don't get special treatment. This was also the first fight since the "Malice at the Palace" and it was pretty obvious that the penalty for fighting would be significantly higher than what it used to be.

Personally, I thought that Collins should have gotten less games. It was a hard foul, yeah. He just didn't want to give Smith another opportunity to hit a dunk. He didn't just throw Smith down. He just kept him from getting in the air. He wasn't even the one that tackled Smith into the stands (That was Nate) and he even got hit with a cheap shot without any due retaliation. Oh well, aint like he's an important player anyway, so it's no big deal.

12/19/2006 2:26:29 PM