Believe what you want. Did OJ do it? YES. Is Kobe a rapist? NO. Is Ron Artest the type of player who is know for, and does take cheap shots at other players? YES. Did he take a cheap shot at Ben Wallace during garbage time? YES. Was that the start of the "Brawl"? YES.
Now you can try to argue that the foul wasn't cheap. Dosen't matter. When you have a reputation for doing it and another player percieves that you "did it again", that's enough for the other person to retaliate. That's the price you pay for being a "dirty" player. Don't want to be treated that way, don't act like it. Bill Lambieer was always booed, spit on and punched by other players and fans countless times. I can't recall a time when he ran into the stands. He was percived to be dirty and he took the consequences like a man not like a punk like Ron Artest.
You can make all the excuses you want for him but it dosen't change the fact that he is a dirty player who took a cheap shot at another player as he usually does and like the punk bitch he is, he wussed out when confronted and then proceeded to go after the smallest guy in the stands he could find. He's just a thug who is lucky he didn't get fined and/or suspended even longer and no amount of excuses or arguing is ever going to change those facts.
RON ARTEST. The cause of it all, that started the brawl.