# Lakers-Rockets fight 20 October 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 22, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lakers-rockets-fight-20-october-2018/823315 "2018-10-22T01:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lakers-rockets-fight-20-october-2018/823315/17 "2018-10-22T20:04:29Z")
> [@Mr recently fixed teeth make me whistle and scream like a banshee.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-recently-fixed-teeth-make-me-whistle-and-scream-like-a-banshee/109836/8): > > I suspect that if the NBA (or another league for that matter) had a reputation for not enforcing its own rules with regard to fighting, authorities might be more inclined to step in and do something, especially if they felt that sports fans could get involved as was the case in the infamous brawl in 2004 between the Pacers and Pistons. Frankly, I’d think it’d have to be about that bad to get outside the governing body of a sport. That, or obvious pre-meditated violence past the bounds of the sport. I can’t remember. Did Tyson get charged after the second Holyfield fight? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lakers-rockets-fight-20-october-2018/823315)._