sentences:  Knicks–Nuggets brawl
  
  The Knicks–Nuggets brawl was an on-court altercation at a National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, December 16, 2006.This altercation became the most penalized on-court fight in the NBA since the Pacers–Pistons brawl from two years before.The fight began with a flagrant foul by Knicks guard Mardy Collins on Nuggets guard J. R. Smith in the closing seconds of the game.