{"id":132211,"date":"2025-04-01T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=132211"},"modified":"2025-04-02T22:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:58:51","slug":"nba-suspends-five-players-pistons-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/01\/nba-suspends-five-players-pistons-timberwolves\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Suspends 5 Players for Pistons Timberwolves Scuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two days after the incident, the NBA has issued multiple suspensions after the massive <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/31\/timberwolves-pistons-brawl-playoff-implications\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Pistons Minnesota Timberwolves scuffle<\/a>. Five players and two coaches were initially ejected after the fight broke out in the second quarter of the game on Sunday between the two teams. All five players that were ejected received a suspension from the NBA.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA Suspends 5 Players for Pistons Timberwolves Scuffle<\/h2>\n<p>The Pistons-Timberwolves scuffle occurred on Sunday at the Target Center in the second quarter of the game. Minnesota won the game in the end. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1907100833440825801\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shams Charania<\/a>, all five players have received suspensions. Here is the complete list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stewais01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Stewart<\/a>, two-game suspension<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/divindo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a>, one game suspension<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hollaro01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Holland<\/a>, one game suspension<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reidna01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naz Reid<\/a>, one game suspension<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sassema01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Sasser<\/a>, one game suspension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fun fact: this is the second time Pistons\u2019 Isaiah Stewart has been suspended and fined. He was previously fined for one game without pay in January for accruing his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/01\/isaiah-stewart-represents-detroit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">sixth Flagrant Foul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Pistons\u2019 coach JB Bickerstaff defended his players, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/pistons-timberwolves-altercation-5-players-2-coaches-ejected\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously things went too far. But what you see is guys looking out for one another, guys trying to protect one another, guys trying to have each other\u2019s backs. \u2026 Those are non-negotiables in our locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>NBA\u2019s Suspension Policy<\/h3>\n<p>It seems like the NBA is in line with the fines for the Pistons-Timberwolves scuffle. Earlier in the season, they suspended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompam01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amen Thompson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roziete01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terry Rozier<\/a> for their involvement in an on-court altercation. Thompson got a two-game suspension, while Rozier was suspended for one game. That incident occurred in the fourth quarter of the Heat\u2019s win over the Rockets at Toyota Center in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, they also suspended Dallas Mavericks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marshna01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naji Marshall<\/a> for four games, and then-Phoenix Suns center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nurkiju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jusuf Nurkic<\/a> for three games for their involvement in an on-court altercation. Mavericks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/washipj01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PJ Washington<\/a> also received a one-game suspension.<\/p>\n<h3>Playoff Implications of Fines<\/h3>\n<p>As it stands right now, it seems like the fines will impact the Timberwolves more. They have a game against the Denver Nuggets and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jokicni01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> and will have to do it without Reid, who is their second-best interior defender. The Timberwolves are seventh in the West right now, but they have a chance to climb to the sixth seed. But a loss to the Nuggets, which seems likely right now, will <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/28\/the-timberwolves-have-a-lot-of-questions-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">set them back<\/a> with several games left to play. Following the game against the Nuggets, Minnesota has a relatively easy schedule, with two games against the Nets, one against the 76ers, and one against the Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the Pistons are fifth in the East, a place they will likely finish by the end of the season. They are two games behind the Pacers for fourth, and 1.5 games ahead of the Bucks for the sixth seed. The Pistons have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/schedule\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-pistons\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tough road game<\/a> against the Thunder next. But they will decide their seeding with the last two games. They play a home and away-game against the Bucks to finish off the season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 Matt Krohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days after the incident, the NBA has issued multiple suspensions after the massive Detroit Pistons Minnesota Timberwolves scuffle. Five players and two coaches were initially ejected after the fight broke out in the second quarter of the game on Sunday between the two teams. All five players that were ejected received a suspension from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5291,"featured_media":132540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,10,21,62],"tags":[1530,2380,4435,1881,49172],"class_list":["post-132211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-pistons","category-timberwolves","category-nba","tag-donte-divencenzo","tag-isaiah-stewart","tag-marcus-sasser","tag-naz-reid","tag-ron-holland"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132225,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132211\/revisions\/132225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}