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If you over heard someone in your office talking about the big brawl last night on TV, the first thing that would come to your mind is baseball.  After that maybe a good WWE wrestling match, but if you guessed that you are dead wrong.  This brawl took place in Los Angeles but it was not the Dodgers, but the Los Angeles Sparks fighting against the Detroit Shock.  That’s right the WNBA, women’s basketball.  What began as a reqular home game for the Sparks turned within 4.6 seconds left into a real Royal Rumble.  The Sparks were up by four when Candace Parker (Sparks) tripped over Plenette Pierson.  Parker threw a punch at Pierson and both teams came onto the floor.  Hey, this fight was so deep that even assistant coach for the Shock Rick Mahorn was hit in the back by DeLisha Milton-Jones.  Former MVP of the All-Star game Cheryl Ford was even knocked to the ground. 

Mahorn, Pierson, Milton-Jones, and Parker were all ejected.  Ford had to be taken out the court in a wheelchair because of a right knee sprain.  She is listed as day-to-day. “I don’t think it was a dirty game at all until the last four seconds,” said Sparks head coach Mike Cooper.  Cooper and head coach for the Shock Bill Laimbeer had some big rivalry when they played in the NBA.  The Spark won the game 84-81.  Parker led the game with 21 pts and Shock guard Katie Smith had 20 pts.