Five players have been suspended following the altercation between the Pistons and Timberwolves that took place in Minnesota on Sunday, the league announced today in a press release (Twitter link).
Those suspensions are as follows:
- Isaiah Stewart (Pistons): Two games
- Ron Holland (Pistons): One game
- Marcus Sasser (Pistons): One game
- Naz Reid (Timberwolves): One game
- Donte DiVincenzo (Timberwolves): One game
All five players were ejected from Sunday’s game following an on-court incident that occurred midway through the second quarter.
Holland, who tried to swipe the ball away from Reid as he drove to the basket, was called for a foul and was immediately confronted by the Timberwolves big man, who yelled at the Pistons forward and repeatedly jabbed his finger at him. DiVincenzo quickly entered the mix and he and Holland shoved one another, leading to a scrum that spilled into the stands along the baseline.
As those three players fell into the stands, Sasser and Stewart entered the fray and shoved Reid and DiVincenzo, resulting in a “continued escalation” of the situation, per the NBA.
In addition to those five players, the game’s officials ejected Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff and Timberwolves assistant Pablo Prigioni. However, neither coach was mentioned in today’s announcement, so it appears they won’t face any additional discipline from the NBA.
According to the league, Stewart received an extra game due in part to his “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.” He’ll miss Wednesday’s game in Oklahoma City and Friday’s contest in Toronto, while his teammates Holland and Sasser will only have to sit out on Wednesday. Reid and DiVincenzo will serve their suspensions on Tuesday when the Wolves face the Nuggets in Denver.
As Bobby Marks of ESPN tweets, Stewart’s two-game suspension will cost him $206,897, which represents 2/145ths of his $15MM salary for 2024/25. Holland ($46,812), Sasser ($15,834), Reid ($80,283), and DiVincenzo ($65,776) will lose 1/174th of their respective salaries for this season.
DiVincenzo deserved 10 games for his escalating and cowardly attacking a guy with his back turned to him.
After listening to Russillo talk about it, it seemed like Donte kept it going. I just at saw the end where he ramped it up.
Watch the video again you weirdo. Holland shoved him first.
Defending DiVincenzo means you are the weirdo, sorry.
Donte didn’t shove Holland in the back. The video is clear. Why make stuff up?
He started the entire thing and got less than Beef Stew? What a complete joke.
But he’s white so….
The last time a scrum went into the crowd the players were all suspended 10-15 games. This is the NBA copping out because of the playoff implications. You suspend Draymond for 5 games for choking Rudy, and who among us hasnt wanted to do that, but they put a 20 man press into the first 5 rows of fans where people are rescuing kids and they get 1 game…
None of them should be playing the rest of the regular season.
Ah yes, choking people. Definitely a rationale response characteristic of stable individuals…
Who among us hasnt wanted to choke Rudy Gobert. I mean we went into lockdown because of how stupid he is…
He deserved to be suspended, but the point was he got 5 games for dragging Rudy from behind in a headlock for about 5 sec. I would say that is deserving less punishment than starting a melee that spills into the sidelines and endangers the fans that are paying to see the game. NBA players are big fans are sometimes very young or old and much smaller. You cannot have a situation where 10 NBA players are landing on people in seats that cant move back…
No, as much as I don’t like certain players, I don’t have a strong urge to physically harm them
Um *cough cough “sarcasm” *cough cough
Even if that was supposed to be sarcastic, it diminishes the validity of your original argument.
If choking someone is indeed an irrational response to a situation like that, then why shouldn’t Green have been suspended?
He’s confused.
Are you slow? I never said he shouldnt. I simply said if he gets 5 for that, then starting a fight that crushes fans should be more!
Also, I thought everyone knew its a running joke that everyone in the NBA, and all fans of not his team, hate Rudy Gobert because hes a tool…
Expected the suspensions to be harsher than this..
Send them all to El Salvador for a year!
Lol
The Nuggets need all the help they can get playing the Twolves.
Joe Dumars has become soft. He’s been a part of this style of play for decades both as a player and as an executive for the Pistons. Suspending Stew for 2 games because he’s a repeat offender for unsportsmanlike conduct? Reid and DiVincenzo were going after his guys. He went to break it up and he was attacked. The other guy was lucky he didn’t get knocked out. You don’t mess with Stew. Just ask LeBron.. he doesn’t care who you are.
There was a whole reel of Dante getting pushed and hit after plays ended. It was a long build. Stewart was trying to start a fight all game and he got it.
lies lies lies
It’s wild how many users I have muted who keep replying to my comments….why? I literally dont care about you.