A fight that spilled into the stands marred the Pistons–Timberwolves game on Sunday with five players, Detroit head coach J.B. Bickerstaff and a Minnesota assistant coach getting ejected.
The altercation occurred with 8:36 remaining in the second quarter. Timberwolves big man Naz Reid was driving to the basket and Pistons rookie forward Ron Holland tried to swipe at the ball. Holland was called for a foul and Reid immediately confronted Holland, pointing his finger at Holland. Minnesota guard Donte DiVincenzo also confronted and pushed Holland, leading to a scrum that spilled into the stands along the baseline.
All the players on the court headed toward the stands and members of both coaching staffs came out to try to separate the competitors. The officiating crew, with assistance from the league’s replay center, chose to eject Holland, Isaiah Stewart and Marcus Sasser from the Pistons side and DiVincenzo, Reid and assistant coach Pablo Prigioni from the Timberwolves, along with an incredulous Bickerstaff. Luke Walton took over as Detroit’s coach for the remainder of the contest.
A replay of the fight, posted by House of Highlights on Youtube, can be found here.
Tensions were heightened moments earlier when Stewart and Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert had an angry exchange.
Fines and potential suspensions are likely for both teams, who are battling for playoff position. The Pistons are fifth in the Eastern Conference and looking to move up one spot, which would give them home court advantage in the first round.
Minnesota entered the game tied for seventh place in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves are looking to move up at least one notch and avoid the play-in tournament.
DiVincenzo is 100% to blame for this, that little coward should get suspended 10 games for it.
Coward? He was definitely guilty but I mean he was throwing hands/elbows with Ron Holland who was significantly bigger and stronger than him I may be wrong but didn’t see anything cowardly
6’5″ vs 6’7″ isnt a big deal, especially when he grabbed Holland first when he wasn’t expecting it. Coward level crud.
Just play basketball, losers. Go be a UFC fighter if that’s what you want to do. Basketball fights are the worst aspect of the game by a million miles. They are so worthless and only result in teams losing players for the rest of the game. Cool, you lost the game because you got thrown out of the game. Gross. 2 IQ behavior, of course the loser DiVincenzo did this. Winners don’t do this.
Basketball fights are sometimes better than the actual game.
To people who hate basketball, sure
Did you miss Donte getting pushed first before pushing back?
You can’t reason with him. He’s delusional.
I didn’t miss it because that’s not what happened.
Are you blind, dumb or ignorant?
Adam 15 is clearly 15 years old.
I don’t pick fistfights because I’m losing. I’m not Donte DiVincenzo.
Embarrassing, as usual, Davey.
He was right in the thick or it and he’s a coward? So you think when Andrew Wiggans runs screaming away that he’s the brave tough guy. That makes no sense.
I love your bad faith arguing “so if you think this, then you MUST think this other made up crud I pulled out of my butt!!!” nope. Shut up.
Isaiah Stewart being involved in both altercations is probably the least surprising thing I’ve seen all year.
When I heard the news I knew Stewart had too be one of them.lol
Even as a wolves fan there was no reason Isaiah Stewart should’ve gotten a technical after the first incident
I’d bet my last govt paycheck ……… Beef Stew is involved here, right?
Stewart just couldn’t resist. He’s actually a good player which makes it more disappointing. Divincenzo was fired up…
Ah yes,
Black guy = disappointing “thug” behavior
White guy = “just a smol bean who’s fired up!”
You out yourself when you say stuff like this.
You got fed quite nicely in this thread. I’m sure you are having the best day of your life.
Talk basketball or shut up.
Malice in the Palace 2 didn’t live up to the hype lol
How about Tussle in the Tundra?