Question: What was an altercation on November 19, 2004, at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan two years before the one between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden?

Context articles: Pacers–Pistons brawl
New York Liberty
Madison Square Garden (1890)
Knicks–Nuggets brawl
2003 NBA draft
Detroit Fury
Sparks–Shock brawl
List of Detroit Pistons head coaches
Madison Square Garden
The King Stays King

The Pacers–Pistons brawl (colloquially known as the Malice at the Palace or Basketbrawl) was an altercation that occurred in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons on November 19, 2004, at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
 The Associated Press (AP) called it "the most infamous brawl in NBA history".
The New York Liberty are a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
 The team was founded in 1997 and is one of the eight original franchises of the league.
 The team is owned by The Madison Square Garden Company, who also owns the Liberty's National Basketball Association (NBA) counterpart, the New York Knicks.
 Home games are played at Madison Square Garden in the borough of Manhattan.
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the second by that name, and the second to be located at 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
 Built in 1890 at the cost of a half-million dollars and closing in 1925, the arena hosted numerous events, including boxing matches, orchestral performances, light operas and romantic comedies, the annual French Ball, both the Barnum and the Ringling circuses, and the Democratic National Convention in 1924, which nominated John W. Davis after 103 ballots.
 The 1890 version replaced the first Madison Square Garden, and was itself replaced by the third Madison Square Garden (which was the first to be located away from Madison Square).
The Knicks–Nuggets brawl was an on-court altercation at a National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden in New York City on December 16, 2006.
 This altercation was the most penalized on-court fight in the NBA since the Pacers–Pistons brawl two years before.
The 2003 NBA draft was held on June 26, 2003, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
 The NBA announced that 41 college and high school players and a record 31 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2003 NBA draft.
 The Cleveland Cavaliers, who had a 22.50 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA draft lottery on May 22, and Cleveland chairman Gordon Gund said afterward his team would select LeBron James.
 The Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets were second and third respectively.
 Lebron was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
 Darko Milicic was selected 2nd overall by the Detroit Pistons.
 Carmelo Anthony was drafted 3rd overall by the Denver Nuggets.
The Detroit Fury were an arena football team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
 The team was a member of the Arena Football League from 2001 to 2004 and played at The Palace of Auburn Hills, also the home of the NBA's Detroit Pistons.
 The team was co-owned by William Davidson, who owned the Pistons, along with William Clay Ford, Jr., son of the owner of the National Football League Detroit Lions.
 On September 20, 2004, the AFL announced the termination of this franchise, and that its players would be made available to the remaining teams in a dispersal draft.
 The Fury made the playoffs in their first season and again in 2003.
The Sparks–Shock brawl (also known as The Malice at the Palace II) was an altercation that occurred in a Women's National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Shock and Los Angeles Sparks on July 21, 2008 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
 Ray Ratto, of the "Wall Street Journal", wrote, "It was in the classic sense, one of those things that occasionally happens when highly competitive people want the same thing and one can’t have it."
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
 They play in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The team, owned by Tom Gores, plays its home games at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
 The franchise was founded in 1941 by Fred Zollner as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, playing in the National Basketball League (NBL).
 In 1948, the team was renamed to the Fort Wayne Pistons and joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which merged with the NBL to become the NBA a year later.
 After spending nine seasons in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Zollner moved the team to Detroit, Michigan in 1957 to be able to compete financially with other big city teams.
 In the 1980s, general manager Jack McCloskey was instrumental in the Pistons' future championship runs by drafting Isiah Thomas, acquiring key players like Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman and hiring head coach Chuck Daly.
 The 1980s team, known today as "the Bad Boys" due to the physical playing style, eventually won two championships in the 1989 and 1990 NBA Finals under Daly.
 The Pistons won their third title in the 2004 NBA Finals under the tenure of Larry Brown.
Madison Square Garden, often called "MSG" or simply "The Garden", is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
 Located in Midtown Manhattan between 7th and 8th Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets, it is situated atop Pennsylvania Station.
 It is the fourth venue to bear the name "Madison Square Garden", the first two (1879 and 1890) of which were located on Madison Square, on East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, with the third Madison Square Garden further uptown at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street.
 The Garden is used for professional basketball and ice hockey, as well as boxing, concerts, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling and other forms of sports and entertainment.
 It is close to other midtown Manhattan landmarks, including the Empire State Building, Koreatown, and Macy's at Herald Square.
 It is home to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and since 1997, the New York Liberty (WNBA).
The King Stays King (also known as Formula, Vol.
 1 Tour) is an ongoing worldwide concert tour by American singer Romeo Santos.
 The tour was a promotion for his debut solo album, "Formula, Vol.
 1".
 On December 13, 2011, Santos announced that he would begin his initial leg of his solo tour on February 11, 2012, in the United States.
 His first concert began with two consecutive shows at Madison Square Garden which became sold-out twice.
 During the concert at Madison Square Garden, Santos was accompanied by fellow American bachata singer-songer Prince Royce.
 For "Debate de 4", three men from the audience were randomly selected to join Santos on the song.
 Usher made an appearance on the encore for the duet "Promise".
 At the final concert in the Madison Square Garden, Santos was joined by American rapper P. Diddy for the song "Mi Corazoncito".
 The concerts at Madison Square Garden were recorded and later released as a live album titled "" on November 6, 2012.