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Boston Globe
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
NBA suspends five players for their roles in Pistons-Timberwolves altercation that spilled into stands
'Obviously things went too far,' Bickerstaff said after that game. 'But what you see is guys looking out for one another, guys trying to protect one another, guys trying to have each other's backs. . . . Those are nonnegotiables in our locker room.' Advertisement Multiple players and coaches were ejected following a scuffle during Pistons-Timberwolves. — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) The incident began when Holland fouled Reid with 8:36 left in the second quarter of the Timberwolves' 123-104 victory in Minneapolis. Reid confronted Holland, who then pushed DiVincenzo, who then shoved Holland — and they wound up falling into spectators seated along the baseline. Stewart and Sasser then entered the altercation, 'which resulted in a continued escalation of the situation,' the league said. Reid and DiVincenzo will serve their one-game suspensions Tuesday when the Timberwolves visit Denver. Stewart will begin serving his suspension Wednesday when the Pistons visit Oklahoma City, and Holland and Sasser also will serve their suspensions in that game.
USA Today
01-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
NBA suspends five players involved in Pistons-Timberwolves fight
NBA suspends five players involved in Pistons-Timberwolves fight Show Caption Hide Caption Who does Gordon Hayward think will win NBA MVP this season? Former NBA player Gordon Hayward has his choice between Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for MVP, and make it clear who he thinks should win. Sports Seriously The NBA on Tuesday suspended five players for their roles in an altercation in a game between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday. Detroit's Isaiah Stewart received a two-game suspension without pay, and Detroit's Ron Holland II and Marcus Sasser and Minnesota's Donte DiVincenzo and Naz Reid were each suspended one game without pay. The incident happened with 8:36 left in the second quarter of Minnesota's 123-104 victory. Stewart received two games "for escalating an on-court altercation" and "in part on his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts." Holland II and Reid exchanged words after Holland fouled Reid. Minnesota's DiVincenzo tussled with Holland as the altercation escalated along the baseline and into the courtside seats and involved more players. Five players (Detroit's Holland, Isaiah Stewart and Marcus Sasser and Minnesota's Reid and DiVincenzo) and two coaches (Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff and Timberwolves assistant coach Pablo Prigioni) were ejected. Reid and DiVincenzo will serve their suspensions Tuesday when the Timberwolves play the Denver Nuggets. Stewart will start his two-game suspension Wednesday when the Pistons play the Oklahoma City Thunder. Holland II and Sasser will also serve suspensions Wednesday against the Thunder.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
R.I.P. Suns, Bad Boy Pistons = BACK, + Final Four preview with Noah Eagle
NBA on NBC's play-by-play commentator Noah Eagle joins Kevin O'Connor to discuss all of the fallout from the weekend of hoops, including Kevin Durant's injury and Phoenix getting blown out by Houston. Find out why one of our hosts says Phoenix is "gonna lay down and die... they're done. It's over!" Plus the brawl that took place between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves got Noah Eagle thinking: what if he got to COMMENTATE a fight? He gives Kevin a hilarious broadcasting "sneak peak" of what that would sound like, and of course it got them both wondering if the "Bad Boys" are officially back. And Atlanta Hawks fans, this is the episode for you! KOC finally admits he was wrong about Zaccharie Risacher who Kevin says, officially, "is NOT a bust." KOC and Noah also hit all of the college hoops fallout from over the weekend, including Elite 8 reactions and a full-blown Final Four preview. It's all on this loaded episode of the KOC Show! Ronald Holland II #00 of the Detroit Pistons and Donte DiVincenzo #0 of the Minnesota Timberwolves fight in the second quarter. Holland II and DiVincenzo were ejected from the game at Target Center on March 30, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by) (Photo by) (0:36) Noah Eagle joins the show Advertisement (1:35) Is it over for the Suns? (12:05) Pistons-Timberwolves brawl (24:11) Grizzlies fire Taylor Jenkins (33:05) Risacher shines for Atlanta Hawks (38:55) Walter Clayton Jr. leads Florida to Final Four (43:31) Khaman Maluach & Duke dominate Alabama (47:03) Would you rather: Derik Queen or Khaman Maluach (48:32) Daniel Wolf NBA prospects (55:21) All no. 1 seeds in men's Final Four (57:09) Broome boosts Auburn in victory (59:11) Non-tourney players to watch in NBA Draft (1:07:19) SGA + Michael Jordan? (1:10:08) Will Syracuse MBB ever be elite again? 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pistons-Timberwolves fight: Detroit vs. Everybody, just like it used to be
Pistons-Timberwolves fight: Detroit vs. Everybody, just like it used to be There were ejections in Minneapolis, sure, and perhaps some suspensions to come. But what the Detroit Pistons have discovered, or rather what they've displayed for the better part of this season, is an identity. One can add the Melee in Minneapolis to some of the other famous brouhahas in the franchise's history, and of course the jokes will fly about the Pistons being known for such things. The internet was on fire when it saw Isaiah Stewart grab his jersey and point to the 'Detroit' emblazoned across the front, while barking at the Minnesota Timberwolves fans. This was in the aftermath of the altercation that started with the Timberwolves' Naz Reid and Donte DiVincenzo and Pistons rookie Ron Holland II. Holland, whose play has improved in recent weeks with more opportunities, has never been one to scare and didn't back down from Reid or DiVincenzo. (Plays before the actual kerfuffle, Stewart, yes, had been into it with DiVincenzo, and then Rudy Gobert found himself on the other end of Stewart letting him know what could happen if he was interested.) Advertisement So by the time the smoke cleared and players were removed from the first row of the Target Center stands, five players and two coaches, including Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, were ejected. 'What you see is guys looking out for one another, guys trying to have each other's back … and those are non-negotiable in our locker room,' Bickerstaff said in the postgame. 'When you play the way we play, you earn a reputation, you're going to be tested.' All-NBA candidate Cade Cunningham and forward Tobias Harris were already out with injury, so the ejections put an even bigger strain on the Pistons, who ultimate lost the game, 123-104. But that didn't matter in the moment, and it doesn't matter when you're establishing something very real, brick by brick. It didn't even matter to Bickerstaff in his fiery moment. Advertisement 'There were some things said by their assistant coach (Pablo Prigioni), and I'm in the same boat as my guys, we're going to defend each other,' Bickerstaff said. 'I'm not gonna let people say belligerent things about my guys. And it's that simple.' That doesn't fly everywhere, but it does in Detroit — and it had better. With that comes something for them to embrace, for the present and the future. For now, any team seeing the Pistons on their schedule knows they're in for a long night — and that's expected to continue in the playoffs when they begin in three weeks. For what they lack in experience, they seem to make up for in other intangibles. And seemingly, this franchise seems to be buoyed by instances that firmly plant themselves on one side and everyone else on the other. Advertisement Call it Detroit vs. Everybody. In a January game in 1988, Pistons bruiser Rick Mahorn — who was more skilled than folks remember but was known as a tough guy for good reason — took down a 23-year-old league darling wearing No. 23 in Chicago. When a skinny Michael Jordan got to his feet, then-Bull Charles Oakley went after Mahorn, and Bulls coach Doug Collins tried jumping on Mahorn's back, along with assistant Johnny Bach and a hippie by the name of Phil Jackson. Those Pistons were far more established by that point, having gone to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals the year before, losing to the Boston Celtics, but they were still fighting for their turf — literally and figuratively. Isaiah Stewart got into it with Timberwolves fans after being ejected Sunday night. (Matt Krohn-Imagn Images) (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect / Reuters) It was the birth of the 'Bad Boys,' who took what could've been seen as a negative, wrapped their arms around it, and made it their signature. Even though Isiah Thomas was one of the league's most dazzling players, that toughness became synonymous for the next five years. Advertisement Whether they were cult heroes, antiheroes or a revelation to the NBA that winning could be done in a different way than the glamorous Lakers or similarly gritty Celtics, it was different from the norm. They were hated because they were feared, which was the greatest sign of respect. These Pistons aren't there, they're still shaking off the residue of the negative years, the embarrassing 28-game losing streak from last season and futility of having not won a playoff game since 2008 — the end of a seven-year run of winning 50 games that culminated in two Finals appearances and an NBA title in 2004. Not shockingly, that Pistons team was rough and tumble. Ben Wallace was the defensive anchor, and they announced to the NBA that they weren't to be quarreled with against another Midwest team they'd battle for supremacy for the next few years. Advertisement In late March of 2002, the Pistons stormed into Indiana and put a beatdown on the Indiana Pacers. Pistons reserve Corliss Williamson drove and found Jermaine O'Neal delivering a forearm shiver late in the fourth quarter. Williamson didn't take kindly to it and slammed the ball on O'Neal's head before an all-out brawl took place. O'Neal threw punches at multiple Pistons before being ejected. (As an aside, Williamson was one of the peacemakers on Sunday as an assistant on the Timberwolves staff.) The two franchises would meet in the conference finals two years later and, of course, at the start of the 2004-05 season the ugly Malice at the Palace took place when Ron Artest went into the stands after a fan threw a cup of beer on him. That element was regrettable, of course, and nobody's suggesting these Pistons find themselves in that position. But it seems fitting some teams have a look and a feel, no matter the era. Stewart has developed a reputation for being ready to fight, but it obscures him being one of the league's best defenders, and a player many teams have called about regarding his trade availability. Advertisement He's not as legendary as Wallace, but he does fit the Mahorn mold, and he's a huge part of why this team is developing an identity, a way of life for 48 minutes. You can't win in this league without an identity. It's as much for you as it is for the rest of the league to know what they're in for, for incoming players to know the standard, and even for fans to connect and have strong opinions on either side of the spectrum. Those Bad Boys Pistons made you feel something — hell, they still make you feel something to this day. Seeing Stewart brings a visceral reaction now, just like seeing Bill Laimbeer's sneer, or Dennis Rodman's clap-and-smile routine, or Isiah's charm being on full display. Advertisement 'You don't win by accident. There's a formula for success. And you must study it and force that formula on your team," Isiah Thomas told NBC's Bob Costas in 1993. "We didn't just hunker down and say it's us against the world. It was planned, thought out, detailed, organized. 'It was no type of tradition. A fan could care less if he wore a Detroit Pistons hat. It didn't mean anything to him. There was no brand name equity in that Pistons emblem. So you had to create something. And it wasn't gonna be created through your marketing department. It had to be created through your players.' Thomas was talking about the Pistons' reputation, and subsequently, his own. It was a personal cost for Thomas to win, to create that identity from nothing — and it's being followed again today. The Pistons are more than just resurgent this season. They're coming. This April and beyond. Detroit vs. Everybody.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pistons-Timberwolves fight: Like past teams, Detroit isn't backing down — 'we're going to defend each other'
Pistons-Timberwolves fight: Like past teams, Detroit isn't backing down — 'we're going to defend each other' There were ejections in Minneapolis, sure, and perhaps some suspensions to come. But what the Detroit Pistons have discovered, or rather what they've displayed for the better part of this season, is an identity. One can add the Melee in Minneapolis to some of the other famous brouhahas in the franchise's history, and of course the jokes will fly about the Pistons being known for such things. The internet was on fire when it saw Isaiah Stewart grab his jersey and point to the 'Detroit' emblazoned across the front, while barking at the Minnesota Timberwolves fans. Advertisement This was in the aftermath of the altercation that started with the Timberwolves' Naz Reid and Donte DiVincenzo and Pistons rookie Ron Holland II. Holland, whose play has improved in recent weeks with more opportunities, has never been one to scare and didn't back down from Reid or DiVincenzo. (Plays before the actual kerfuffle, Stewart, yes, had been into it with DiVincenzo, and then Rudy Gobert found himself on the other end of Stewart letting him know what could happen if he was interested.) So by the time the smoke cleared and players were removed from the first row of the Target Center stands, five players and two coaches, including Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, were ejected. 'What you see is guys looking out for one another, guys trying to have each other's back … and those are non-negotiable in our locker room,' Bickerstaff said in the postgame. 'When you play the way we play, you earn a reputation, you're going to be tested.' All-NBA candidate Cade Cunningham and forward Tobias Harris were already out with injury, so the ejections put an even bigger strain on the Pistons, who ultimate lost the game, 123-104. Advertisement But that didn't matter in the moment, and it doesn't matter when you're establishing something very real, brick by brick. It didn't even matter to Bickerstaff in his fiery moment. 'There were some things said by their assistant coach (Pablo Prigioni), and I'm in the same boat as my guys, we're going to defend each other,' Bickerstaff said. 'I'm not gonna let people say belligerent things about my guys. And it's that simple.' That doesn't fly everywhere, but it does in Detroit — and it had better. With that comes something for them to embrace, for the present and the future. For now, any team seeing the Pistons on their schedule knows they're in for a long night — and that's expected to continue in the playoffs when they begin in three weeks. Advertisement For what they lack in experience, they seem to make up for in other intangibles. And seemingly, this franchise seems to be buoyed by instances that firmly plant themselves on one side and everyone else on the other. Call it Detroit vs. Everybody. In a January game in 1988, Pistons bruiser Rick Mahorn — who was more skilled than folks remember but was known as a tough guy for good reason — took down a 23-year-old league darling wearing No. 23 in Chicago. When a skinny Michael Jordan got to his feet, then-Bull Charles Oakley went after Mahorn, and Bulls coach Doug Collins tried jumping on Mahorn's back, along with assistant Johnny Bach and a hippie by the name of Phil Jackson. Those Pistons were far more established by that point, having gone to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals the year before, losing to the Boston Celtics, but they were still fighting for their turf — literally and figuratively. Isaiah Stewart got into it with Timberwolves fans after being ejected Sunday night. (Matt Krohn-Imagn Images) (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect / Reuters) It was the birth of the 'Bad Boys,' who took what could've been seen as a negative, wrapped their arms around it, and made it their signature. Even though Isiah Thomas was one of the league's most dazzling players, that toughness became synonymous for the next five years. Advertisement Whether they were cult heroes, antiheroes or a revelation to the NBA that winning could be done in a different way than the glamorous Lakers or similarly gritty Celtics, it was different from the norm. They were hated because they were feared, which was the greatest sign of respect. These Pistons aren't there, they're still shaking off the residue of the negative years, the embarrassing 28-game losing streak from last season and futility of having not won a playoff game since 2008 — the end of a seven-year run of winning 50 games that culminated in two Finals appearances and an NBA title in 2004. Not shockingly, that Pistons team was rough and tumble. Ben Wallace was the defensive anchor, and they announced to the NBA that they weren't to be quarreled with against another Midwest team they'd battle for supremacy for the next few years. Advertisement In late March of 2002, the Pistons stormed into Indiana and put a beatdown on the Indiana Pacers. Pistons reserve Corliss Williamson drove and found Jermaine O'Neal delivering a forearm shiver late in the fourth quarter. Williamson didn't take kindly to it and slammed the ball on O'Neal's head before an all-out brawl took place. O'Neal threw punches at multiple Pistons before being ejected. (As an aside, Williamson was one of the peacemakers on Sunday as an assistant on the Timberwolves staff.) The two franchises would meet in the conference finals two years later and, of course, at the start of the 2004-05 season the ugly Malice at the Palace took place when Ron Artest went into the stands after a fan threw a cup of beer on him. That element was regrettable, of course, and nobody's suggesting these Pistons find themselves in that position. But it seems fitting some teams have a look and a feel, no matter the era. Stewart has developed a reputation for being ready to fight, but it obscures him being one of the league's best defenders, and a player many teams have called about regarding his trade availability. Advertisement He's not as legendary as Wallace, but he does fit the Mahorn mold, and he's a huge part of why this team is developing an identity, a way of life for 48 minutes. You can't win in this league without an identity. It's as much for you as it is for the rest of the league to know what they're in for, for incoming players to know the standard, and even for fans to connect and have strong opinions on either side of the spectrum. Those Bad Boys Pistons made you feel something — hell, they still make you feel something to this day. Seeing Stewart brings a visceral reaction now, just like seeing Bill Laimbeer's sneer, or Dennis Rodman's clap-and-smile routine, or Isiah's charm being on full display. Advertisement 'You don't win by accident. There's a formula for success. And you must study it and force that formula on your team," Isiah Thomas told NBC's Bob Costas in 1993. "We didn't just hunker down and say it's us against the world. It was planned, thought out, detailed, organized. 'It was no type of tradition. A fan could care less if he wore a Detroit Pistons hat. It didn't mean anything to him. There was no brand name equity in that Pistons emblem. So you had to create something. And it wasn't gonna be created through your marketing department. It had to be created through your players.' Thomas was talking about the Pistons' reputation, and subsequently, his own. It was a personal cost for Thomas to win, to create that identity from nothing — and it's being followed again today. The Pistons are more than just resurgent this season. They're coming. This April and beyond. Detroit vs. Everybody.
