Mavs Increase Security After Altercations During Nuggets Series

Kenyon Martin's Family Members Forced To Call Security During Nuggets-Mavs Game Four

CHAOTIC SCENE: In Denver, Chris Dempsey notes Nuggets officials have "always been in the crowd but had never seen a scene quite like the one" in Game Four. Nuggets assistant coach Jamahl Mosley “left the bench early in the night to make certain Martin’s mother was alright.” Nuggets VP/Player Personnel Rex Chapman: “Short of a game I saw in Belgrade a couple of years ago where they were throwing chairs and setting off flares, it was about as dangerous a venue I’ve been in.” Chapman added that the arena security "did what it could to diffuse the situation, but the crowd 'was whipped into a frenzy for some reason.'" Nuggets coach George Karl said of the American Airlines Center crowd, "I probably would use an uglier word than hostile. I don't think it was very classy." Dempsey writes it was a “sad end to a weird day that started out with Martin vowing to confront Mark Cuban” about the comments made to his mother (DENVERPOST.com. 5/12).

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NOT JUST RELEGATED TO BASKETBALL: The GLOBE & MAIL's Rod Mickleburgh reported the Canucks, who were eliminated from the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs last night, are “reviewing security arrangements, after the showers of bottles, beer-filled cups and other debris tossed by fans onto the ice several times during the late stages” of Game Five of the team’s Western Conference Semifinal series against the Blackhawks on Saturday. The game was twice “delayed for long periods, so arena staff could clear the ice of the large array of bottles and cups that littered its surface.” The fans’ “ire was set off by two penalty calls against the Canucks, one of which led to the winning goal” for the Blackhawks (GLOBE & MAIL, 5/11).

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