Eftir þriðja leikinn var aðdáandi Lakers buffaður og það inní höllinni sjálfri, hér fylgir frásögn blaðamanns sem að sá þetta gerast:

Violence that is the stuff of nightmares: A few minutes after the game ended, a fight broke out in the stands behind me between what appeared to be several 76ers fans. One guy actually was holding his own until a guy jumped in and sucker-punched him from behind, dropping him cold. Then, as he lay face-down and unconscious in the aisle, a guy wearing a Mutombo jersey and Timberland boots stomped on his head. The fight went on for quite a few minutes before the First Union Center ushers arrived, and then they stood and initially watched. I can understand why, in part, because the guys duking it out were big and the ushers were elderly, but had they reacted they might've saved the fan from getting brutalized.<br><br>jogi - smarter than the average bea