5.Kobe Bryant vs. Chris Childs(Face Job)
Outside the Lakers fan base, who doesn't want to punch Kobe in the face? Kobe seems to have had altercations with everyone in the league. The New York Knicks' Chris Childs looked like Floyd Mayweather out there landing two punches and embarrassing Kobe in the process. Pause it at the :26 second mark and you'll see where Kobe started it. Then watch the fight and you'll see how Childs finished it. It was sweeeeeeeet!
Doug Christie vs. Rick Fox(Uppercut)
This fight got 'real.' This was the following season after the NBA cheated the Sacramento Kings out of the Western Conference championship with its crooked officiating and awarding it to the Lakers in seven games. The Kings' Doug Christie definitely had beef with the Lakers' Rick Fox. It boiled over in a pre-season game where things got feisty with an elbow from Fox followed by an uppercut from Christie. Then when both players got ejected, they fought in the tunnel. It got so crazy that Christie's wife got involved in the fight, showing off fighting skills you see outside clubs every weekend from drunk women in broken heels.
3.Doc Rivers vs. Kevin Johnson(Sucker Punch to K.J)
Watch Mayor Kevin Johnson lower the boom on Doc Rivers. This was so crazy, especially when you consider that all of the animosity happened before halftime. What makes this fight even more wild is that Greg Anthony comes off the bench in street clothes and sucker punches KJ. Classic triple threat match was later booked but scraped by Vince McM..err David Stern.
2.Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" vs. EVERYONE
The Bad Boys won two titles for Motown but they were the dirtiest team of all time. The Pistons' Bill Laimbeer was the worst of the bunch. He alone got into fights with Robert Parish, Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, etc. Frankly, there aren't enough hard fouls and punches to merit what Bill and company deserved. I will admit though, I miss this era of the NBA. Its better than the soft league that we currently see.
1.Dr. J vs. Larry Bird (Three Blows to the Face)
Not too often do you get to see two of the greatest players of all time get in a fight fight. The Sixers and Celtics absolutely hated each other back in the day and it boiled over in this game. At the tail end of this scuffle, Charles Barkley and Moses Malone have Larry Bird restrained while Dr. J gives the "hick from French Lick" three blows to the face. Four Hall of Famers, ladies and gentlemen. That has to be the most basketball talent ever involved in one fight.
