with 45.9 seconds left in the game, pistons center ben wallace went up for a layup. he was fouled by pacers small forward ron artest. wallace was mad for being fouled when the game had been already decided. he pushed artest. a fight took place on the court between several players. when the fight was broken up, a fan threw a drink at artest while he was lying on the scorer's table. artest then went after the fan. that caused a massive fight between players and spectators. the fight went from the seats to the court. it lasted several minutes.