61.   Soon afterward, Rodman left the bench to go to the locker room for a few minutes.

62.   That duty fell to center Antoine Carr, who was activated Monday but unable to leave the bench as another huge lead disappeared.

63.   The Knick defenders cried that the rule prohibiting a player from leaving the bench left no room for the application of common sense.

64.   The mayhem led to other rules changes -- including stiffer fines for fighting and leaving the bench during altercations and a crackdown on taunting.

65.   The meaningful rule in this case states that players who leave the bench during a fight will be suspended for one game.

66.   The league will review the fight and will look to see if any players on either team left the bench.

67.   The NBA will review tapes Friday and add any others to the list who may have left the bench, also a mandatory suspension.

68.   The ridiculous excuse for a fight that got Van Gundy to leave his bench and try to intervene.

69.   The significant rule in this case states that players who leave the bench during a fight will be suspended for one game.

70.   This came after he never left the bench Tuesday in Sacramento.