A total of five players were handed out suspensions by the NBA in the aftermath of the Detroit Pistons-Minnesota Timberwolves scuffle.
Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart received a two-game ban without pay with the league citing the penalty imposed on the big man is largely "in part on his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.”
Meanwhile, Stewart’s teammates in Ron Holland and Marcus Sasser alongside Minnesota Timberwolves’ Naz Reid and Donte DiVincenzo drew a one-game suspension without pay.
The following was released by the NBA:
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All five players on top of two coaches were ejected following an on-court incident that occurred midway through the second quarter of the Timberwolves’ 123-104 home dub over the Pistons.
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It all started after Holland fouled Reid on a lay-up attempt that the latter did not appreciate. The reigning Sixth Man of the Year then had words for Holland and pointed toward his face.
DiVincenzo stepped in to pacify the situation between the two, but ended up putting his hands on Holland as things escalated quickly.
Both players, alongside Reid, got entangled and fell into the spectator stands that prompted Stewart and Sasser to enter the altercation as multiple players and coaches from both teams joined in the melee.
A fight breaks out between the Pistons and Timberwolves
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Donte DiVincenzo, Naz Reid, Ron Holland, Isaiah Stewart, Marcus Sasser, Pistons HC J. B. Bickerstaff and Wolves assistant coach Pablo Prigioni were all ejected
March 31, 2025
The scuffle also saw Detroit head coach J.B. Bickerstaff and Minnesota assistant coach and ex-NBA player Pablo Prigioni getting tossed out.
As a result of the penalties, Reid and DiVincenzo will miss the Timberwolves’ crucial game against the Nuggets in Denver today.
Meanwhile, Stewart will begin serving his suspension when the Pistons visit the West-leading Thunder in Oklahoma City on tomorrow, April 3. Both Holland and Sasser will also miss that game.
