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"Last night's altercation with the Knicks escalated further than it should have. I take full responsibility for my actions in the matter. In the heat of the moment I let my emotions get the best of me. I apologize to the fans, the Denver Nuggets, the NBA, my mother and my family for the embarrassment I have caused them. I ask you all for your forgiveness.
"I also want to make a personal apology to Mardy Collins and his family. My actions were inexcusable, and I am sorry for making this an even more embarrassing situation.
"What makes this all the more painful is that this was one of the most important weeks of my life. I just realized one of my biggest dreams when we opened the Youth Center
in Baltimore that bares my name. To see the community excited and hundreds of kids smiling was an incredible feeling. Now the thought of thousands of kids seeing this incident on TV pains me. This is not the example I want to set.
"It's my hope that we work to move forward from this event, and never let something like this happen again."
-- Carmelo Anthony
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The NBA is not expected to announce any suspensions or fines from the brawl between the Nuggets and New York Knicks until Monday at the earliest, league spokesman Tim Frank said Sunday morning.
"We will view the incident in its entirety, and until then it would not be appropriate to comment," Frank said.
Ten players were ejected from Saturday night's game at Madison Square Garden. The melee started when the Knicks' Mardy Collins put a hard foul on J.R. Smith, who was driving for a layup with 1:15 to play and Denver leading by 19 points. Everyone who was in the game at the time, including the league's leading scorer Carmelo Anthony, was ejected.
Also ejected from the Nuggets were Andre Miller, Marcus Camby and Eduardo Najera. Anthony later hit Collins in the face. According to a Nuggets source, Anthony was warned by Knicks coach Isaiah Thomas just before the incident not to go to the hole. Thomas was upset the Nuggets still had a number of their starters in the game.
In addition to Collins, the Knicks Nate Robinson, Channing Frye, Jared Jeffries and David Lee were ejected.
The Nuggets open a seven-game homestand Monday against Washington, while the Knicks also play Monday at home against Utah.
"Last night's altercation with the Knicks escalated further than it should have. I take full responsibility for my actions in the matter. In the heat of the moment I let my emotions get the best of me. I apologize to the fans, the Denver Nuggets, the NBA, my mother and my family for the embarrassment I have caused them. I ask you all for your forgiveness.
"I also want to make a personal apology to Mardy Collins and his family. My actions were inexcusable, and I am sorry for making this an even more embarrassing situation.
"What makes this all the more painful is that this was one of the most important weeks of my life. I just realized one of my biggest dreams when we opened the Youth Center
in Baltimore that bares my name. To see the community excited and hundreds of kids smiling was an incredible feeling. Now the thought of thousands of kids seeing this incident on TV pains me. This is not the example I want to set.
"It's my hope that we work to move forward from this event, and never let something like this happen again."
-- Carmelo Anthony
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The NBA is not expected to announce any suspensions or fines from the brawl between the Nuggets and New York Knicks until Monday at the earliest, league spokesman Tim Frank said Sunday morning.
"We will view the incident in its entirety, and until then it would not be appropriate to comment," Frank said.
Ten players were ejected from Saturday night's game at Madison Square Garden. The melee started when the Knicks' Mardy Collins put a hard foul on J.R. Smith, who was driving for a layup with 1:15 to play and Denver leading by 19 points. Everyone who was in the game at the time, including the league's leading scorer Carmelo Anthony, was ejected.
Also ejected from the Nuggets were Andre Miller, Marcus Camby and Eduardo Najera. Anthony later hit Collins in the face. According to a Nuggets source, Anthony was warned by Knicks coach Isaiah Thomas just before the incident not to go to the hole. Thomas was upset the Nuggets still had a number of their starters in the game.
In addition to Collins, the Knicks Nate Robinson, Channing Frye, Jared Jeffries and David Lee were ejected.
The Nuggets open a seven-game homestand Monday against Washington, while the Knicks also play Monday at home against Utah.
