{"id":604385,"date":"2026-02-15T10:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604385\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:25:12","slug":"detroit-pistons-center-isaiah-stewart-hit-with-seven-game-suspension-after-mass-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604385\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart hit with seven-game suspension after mass brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA<\/a> has handed down significant suspensions following a heated on-court brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets, with Pistons centre Isaiah Stewart receiving the heaviest penalty of seven games. Three other players were also sanctioned for their roles in the altercation.<\/p>\n

Hornets forwards Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabat\u00e9 were each suspended for four games, cited for fighting and escalating the incident.<\/p>\n

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Pistons centre Jalen Duren received a two-game ban for initiating the confrontation and fighting, the league confirmed in its announcement.<\/p>\n

Stewart\u2019s substantial seven-game suspension was attributed by the league, in part, to his “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.”<\/p>\n

The NBA detailed that Stewart left the bench area, aggressively entered an ongoing on-court altercation, and engaged in fighting during Monday night\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

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Stewart will now miss seven games (AP)<\/p>\n

The suspensions are effective immediately. Stewart and Duren will miss Wednesday night\u2019s fixture against the Toronto Raptors, while Bridges and Diabat\u00e9 will be absent when the Hornets host the Atlanta Hawks at Spectrum Centre.<\/p>\n

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All four players were ejected from the Pistons\u2019 110-104 victory after the melee erupted in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The incident began when Duren was driving towards the basket and was fouled by Diabat\u00e9. Duren then turned to confront Diabat\u00e9, and the two appeared to clash heads.<\/p>\n

Duren subsequently struck Diabat\u00e9 in the face with an open hand, causing the situation to rapidly escalate.<\/p>\n

As Pistons forward Tobias Harris attempted to restrain Diabat\u00e9, Diabat\u00e9 threw a punch at Duren. Duren then walked away, but Bridges became involved, charging towards him and throwing a left-handed punch, to which Duren retaliated with a punch of his own. Diabat\u00e9 then tried to charge at Duren again and had to be held back.<\/p>\n

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Stewart, having left the bench, confronted Bridges, who responded with a punch. The players then grappled, with Stewart at one point getting Bridges in a headlock and landing multiple left-handed blows to his head.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the game, Duren described it as an “overly competitive game,” adding that “emotions were flaring. At the end of the day, we would love to keep it basketball, but things happen. Everybody was just playing hard.”<\/p>\n

Diabat\u00e9, following practice on Monday, apologised to the Hornets organisation and fans for his involvement, vowing not to repeat the incident.<\/p>\n

“When he put his hand in my face, that\u2019s when I think I lost control of it,” Diabat\u00e9 stated. Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff defended his players after the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA has handed down significant suspensions following a heated on-court brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[208,7,473,296,188,3860,1016,912,10510,6357,6,297,933,476],"class_list":{"0":"post-604385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","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","20":"tag-tobias-harris","21":"tag-toronto-raptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116074167866601556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604385","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=604385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}