The NBA introduced suspensions stemming from the extracurriculars between the Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons.
Beef Stew should simmer for some time.
Isaiah Stewart is getting much more than 5 minutes for preventing, because the NBA introduced that the Detroit Pistons ahead was sentenced to a seven-game suspension for his position in an on-court battle with members of the Charlotte Hornets throughout a Monday melee at Spectrum Middle.
Stewart was certainly one of 4 charged within the debacle: Detroit teammate Jalen Duren was assessed two video games whereas Hornets forwards Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate bought 4 every. Stewart, well-known for his on-floor altercations of each the authorized and extracurricular selection, obtained an extended suspension “primarily based partly on his repeated historical past of unsportsmanlike acts” based on a league assertion.
The incident in query started simply earlier than the halfway level of the third interval of Detroit’s newest go to to Charlotte on Monday. Diabate and Duren bought bodily after a one-on-one confrontation, with the latter shoving the previous by placing his palms on his face. Diabate tried to punch again however was restrained by Duren’s different teammate Tobias Harris.
When Bridges stepped in to throw a punch at Duren, Stewart left the Detroit bench to become involved, additional instigating an prolonged get collectively of Hornets and Pistons that lasted a tense half-minute. Order was finally restored and the 4 offenders have been ejected from the sport, which the Japanese Convention-leading Pistons gained by a 110-104 remaining.
Physicality outlined Monday’s anticipated recreation, which noticed the surging Hornets (25-29) enter with a nine-game profitable streak. The 2 groups united for 44 fouls and Hornets head coach Charles Lee was later ejected from the sport for participating in heated theatrics over an offensive foul referred to as towards Grant Williams. Lee was restrained by a number of of his males earlier than leaving the ground.
In line with the league’s assertion, Bridges and Diabate every obtained 4 video games “for preventing and escalating the altercation” whereas Duren’s couple got here from “initiating the altercation and preventing.” ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Duren can be allowed to partake on this weekend’s NBA All-Star Sport in Inglewood, showing on the USA “Stars” group alongside Pistons teammates Cade Cunningham in the principle occasion on Sunday night.
Since January 2025, Stewart has misplaced 10 video games and over $150,000 in fines and docked pay for his involvement in a number of on-court confrontations. He was beforehand charged with two video games for extracurriculars in a late March recreation towards the Minnesota Timberwolves, one which noticed him get Wolves ahead Naz Reid in a chokehold.
JB on Stew getting concerned: “Duren and Stew take into account themselves to be brothers. In case you run two guys at one man and also you’ve already crossed the road, human intuition tells him to guard his little brother.” pic.twitter.com/2nI0Bjoe5G
— Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) February 10, 2026
Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff defended Stewart’s actions in his postgame statements from Monday, happy with the way in which he caught up for a teammate. Duren and Stewart have been lasting members of the present Pistons (39-13), who’ve risen from squalor within the standings to put up the very best report within the Japanese Convention coming into the All-Star break.
“We don’t need it to get to that time,” Bickerstaff mentioned in video from Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press. “However if you return and watch the movie, they ran a number of guys at JD. JD and Stew take into account themselves to be brothers and in the event you run two guys at one man, you’ve already crossed the road. Human intuition tells him to guard his little brother.”
Every man’s suspension will start tonight, the penultimate evening of motion earlier than the All-Star break: Detroit heads north to face the Toronto Raptors (7:30 p.m. ET, FanDuel Sports activities Detroit), whereas the Hornets host the Atlanta Hawks (7 p.m. ET, FanDuel Sports activities Southeast).
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