To avoid more unpredictable variables, the last four minutes of the game between the Bucks and the Detroit Pistons were canceled.
The League decided to take the last score as the result of the game.
The final result was that the Detroit Pistons suffered a humiliating defeat at home to the Bucks by 23 points.
However, the result of the game was no longer important.
The brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills, the image of Sprewell rushing into the stands to choke a fan, spread across the world like a virus in less than an hour.