The NBA determined the punishment of the players who were involved in a fight in the Sunday match between the Timberwolves of Minnesota and the Pistons de Detroit.
The Detroit Center Isaiah Stewart received a suspension of two games for its role in the fight, while four other Pistons and Timberwolves players aroused suspensions from a match, the League announced on Tuesday.
Stewart’s multi-game suspension comes from “its repeated history of assistant acts”, according to the NBA.
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The Strait Trust Trellish Ronald Holland II, in the center on the left, and the Timberwolves goalkeeper of Minnesota, Donte Divincenzo, in the center on the right, is fighting during the first half of a basketball match of the NBA, Sunday March 30, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Photo / abbie parr)
Piston striker Ron Holland II received a ban on a match, while his teammate Marcus Sasser will also be forced to sit on a match. Meanwhile, the Timberwolves Naz Reid center and the Donte Divincenzo guard both sparked suspensions from a match.
All these players, in addition to Stewart, were expelled from the Sunday match. The officials also launched the head coach of the pistons JB Bickerstaff and the assistant of T’Wolves Pablo Prigioni of the competition.
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“Obviously, things went too far,” said Bickerstaff after this match. “But what you see are the guys who are looking for each other, the guys trying to protect each other, the guys trying to get his back. … They are not negotiable in our locker rooms.”
The Minnesota Timberwolves goalkeeper, Donte Divincenzo (0), the midfielder and the Strait Pistons striker, Ronald Holland II (00), on the right, fight during the first half of a Basketball match in the NBA, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Photo / abbie parr)
The incident started when Holland committed Reid with 8:36 to play in the second quarter of the Timberwolves match with the pistons in Minneapolis. Reid confronted Holland, which then pushed Divincenzo, which then pushed Holland – and they end up falling into spectators sitting along the baseline.
The Timberwolves goalkeeper of Minnesota Donte Divincenzo (0), the central back, the Naz Timberwolves center Reid (11) and the center of the Pistons de Detroit Jalen Duren (0) enter an altercation during the first half of a basketball match in the NBA, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Photo / abbie parr)
Stewart and Sasser then entered the altercation, “which led to a continuous escalation of the situation,” said the League.
The Timberwolves won the match 123-104.
Reid and Divincenzo serve their suspensions on a match on Tuesday when the Timberwolves visit the Denver Nuggets. Stewart will start to serve his suspension on Wednesday when the pistons face the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Holland and Sasser will also serve their suspensions in this match.
Minnesota concluded Tuesday’s action in seventh place in the Western Conference classification, while the inactive pistons remained in fifth place in the Eastern Conference.
