When Marcus Smart shoved a Texas Tech fan on Sunday night, immediately, references to the Malice at the Palace popped up across the social media world.

When it comes to heated player-fan interaction, that has become the signature case — a 2004 game in Detroit when an arena-wide brawl broke out after a fan tossed a beer at Ron Artest and he charged into the stands. You can watch the video here.

Plenty of people were at fault on that infamous night, but Artest — who has since changed his name to Metta World Peace — was the key figure.

And by coincidence, World Peace, who is now with the Knicks, was in Oklahoma City on Sunday afternoon and fielded some questions from reporters regarding the Smart situation.