Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart was suspended for two games, while forward Ron Holland Jr. and guard Marcus Sasser were each suspended for one game. Minnesota’s Naz Reid and Donte DiVincenzo were each given a one-game suspension as well.
Tempers flared between the Timberwolves and Pistons, which spilled into the crowd as players shoved one another and a camera operator along the baseline got knocked over.
A handful of players and a coach were ejected from Sunday night's contest between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves following a scuffle in the second quarter. The fight broke out after Timberwolves' Naz Reid and Pistons' Ron Holland exchanged words, leading to a scrapping between almost everyone on the court.
The Denver Nuggets will get a short-handed Minnesota squad on Tuesday night after two Timberwolves were suspended for an on-court altercation earlier this week.
The NBA has suspended five players involved in a fight that took place between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Donte DiVincenzo and Naz Reid are the two Timberwolves players who each received one-game suspensions.
In December, Dallas Mavericks forward Naji Marshall was suspended four games and Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic was suspended three for a similar on-court altercation. Nurkic instigated the fight, swatting at Marshall's head, provoking Marshall to throw a punch that hit Nurkic in the face.
Naz Reid and Donte DiVincenzo have gotten away from the physical brawl against the Pistons with one-game suspensiosn apiece.
It wasn't the Malice in the Palace. But a dust-up between the Pistons and Timberwolves on Sunday quickly escalated and spilled into the stands, resulting in the ejection of seven players and coaches.