{"id":597126,"date":"2026-02-11T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/597126\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:36:15","slug":"nba-suspends-4-players-for-pistons-hornets-brawl-including-7-games-for-isaiah-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/597126\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA suspends 4 players for Pistons-Hornets brawl, including 7 games for Isaiah Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA announced punishments stemming from the brawl during the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets game on Monday night, when four players were ejected from the game.<\/p>\n<p>The punishments are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Stewart received a harsher punishment because he left the bench to get involved and because of his history of infractions.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple skirmishes happened during Monday&#8217;s game. The first involved Diabate and Duren, when the former fouled Duren. The two exchanged words before Duren shoved Diabate in his face. Diabate then charged at Duren, and things escalated from there before the scuffle was broken up.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Bridges charged at Duren and threw a punch, and Stewart left the bench to join the scuffle. After referee review, the four players, plus Hornets coach Charles Lee, were ejected from the game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Detroit currently holds the top spot in the Eastern Conference at 39-13 and has the second-best record in the NBA. Duren has become a key part of what\u2019s been built in Detroit as the team\u2019s starting center. He\u2019s averaging 17.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game and has been a consistent double-double performer. Duren will <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chrisbhaynes\/status\/2021603037530275940?s=46&amp;t=jV7ZCEIlgfY2hPPwd4j3PA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reportedly still be permitted;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reportedly still be permitted<\/a> to play in this weekend&#8217;s All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>As the backup center, Stewart is the player who does the dirty work in Detroit. That includes getting into scuffles and even full-blown fights, which is why he\u2019ll miss the next seven games. While Stewart isn\u2019t one of the team\u2019s stars, his role is important, and the Pistons will miss his contributions of 10 points and five rebounds per game while he\u2019s out.<\/p>\n<p>For Charlotte, these suspensions come as the Hornets battle for the final play-in spot in the East. At 25-29, with a one-game lead over 11th-place Chicago, Charlotte cannot afford to miss any key contributors right now, especially Bridges, who averages 18.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Diabate is the team\u2019s leading rebounder, grabbing 8.6 per game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Each player was also <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbymarks42\/status\/2021628428940980332?s=46&amp;t=jV7ZCEIlgfY2hPPwd4j3PA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fined by the NBA;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fined by the NBA<\/a> alongside the suspensions.<\/p>\n<p>Fine amounts:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA announced punishments stemming from the brawl during the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets game on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,473,919,296,188,3860,1016,912,10510,6357,6,297],"class_list":{"0":"post-597126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte-hornets","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-detroit","12":"tag-detroit-pistons","13":"tag-detroitpistons","14":"tag-isaiah-stewart","15":"tag-jalen-duren","16":"tag-miles-bridges","17":"tag-moussa-diabate","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-pistons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116053212205287647","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}