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Hollywood stars love to watch basketball, but last night it was hard to tell pro basketball from pro wrestling. WNBA rookie Candace Parker was in the middle of a huge fight that led to four ejections in the last 5 seconds of the Los Angeles Sparks 84-81 victory over the Detroit Shock.
Candace (who plays for the Sparks) and three other players were tossed off the court, along with Detroit assistant coach Rick Mahorn.
It all started when Detroit's Cheryl Ford fouled Candace. They got into it and had to be separated. Then the game resumed and Candace somehow got tangled up with Detroit's Plenette Pierson and fell to the ground. As she was getting up, Plenette intentionally ran into her, and the brawl erupted.
Candace slugged Plenette, Detroit's Deanna Nolan tackled Candace, players and coaches joined in, and all of a sudden Rick Mahorn had knocked Lisa Leslie to the ground. Fox Sports reports:
"I was trying to protect the whole game, the integrity of the game," he said. "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. This game, I love this game too much."
Leslie did not talk to the media, but Los Angeles coach Michael Cooper also said he felt Mahorn was trying to stop the fight.
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