Artest faces possible suspension\nINDIANAPOLIS -- Ron Artest played a huge role in Indiana's dominating Game 1 win over Boston, but the Pacers might be without their star in Game 2.\nArtest is facing a possible suspension for briefly leaving the bench during a confrontation between teammate Jermaine O'Neal and Boston's Brandon Hunter and Ricky Davis.\n"If it's judged on intent, he won't be suspended," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said Sunday. "If it's judged technically, he will. Frankly, neither decision would surprise me."\nIn the second quarter of Indiana's 104-88 win Saturday, Hunter grabbed O'Neal and threw him to the floor. O'Neal got up and immediately confronted Hunter, then drew a technical for yelling at Davis.\nArtest, who was on the bench at the time, started onto the court when he saw O'Neal lose his composure but turned and headed back to the bench after about four steps.\n"I thought they were about to start fighting," Artest said. "I just wanted to tell Jermaine to calm down. When I sensed they were going to fight, I had to run back."
Wallace ends 105-race drought at Martinsville\nMARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Rusty Wallace held off Bobby Labonte for the last 30 laps Sunday to end his 105-race winless streak -- and more than five hours on the track at Martinsville Speedway under a blazing sun.\nThe Advance Auto Parts 500 was halted for more than an hour with 210 laps to go after a block of concrete came lose in the third turn, leaving a dangerous hole a foot long and a foot wide in the surface.\nWallace, whose last victory came April 29, 2001, at California Speedway, passed Jimmie Johnson for the lead on the 456th lap and pulled away on a restart with 38 laps left as the cars behind him battled for position. He held on after Labonte emerged from the pack and tried to chase him down.\n"Finally," he said after emerging from the car in Victory Lane with his arms raised.\nHe finished .538 seconds ahead of Labonte for his 55th career victory.\n"I'm so glad to win again," he said. "Man, it's been so long, and we've gotten so close. The fans have been behind me forever and ever, pulling for me really hard. This one's for them."\nThe hole on the track, 2-to-3 inches deep, damaged defending race champion Jeff Gordon's car and may have cost him a chance at a third-straight victory on the .526-mile oval, where he's also won three straight poles.
