Hornets-Pistons game turns chaotic with massive brawl leading to 4 ejections

A monolithic brawl broke retired betwixt the Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons connected Monday night, starring to 4 ejections successful a chaotic third-quarter scene.

Hornets players Moussa Diabate and Miles Bridges, arsenic good arsenic Pistons’ Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart, were each ejected from the game.

The incidental began erstwhile Duren was backing down Diabate successful the paint, and the second fouled the erstwhile with astir 7 minutes to play successful the 3rd quarter. But the 2 instantly got successful each other’s face, with Diabate pressing his caput against Duren, which acceptable everything off.

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Duren shoved Diabate’s face, and contempt radical connected some sides trying to alleviate the tension, the usually mild-mannered Diabate kept trying to find Duren again.

Pistons seasoned Tobias Harris was holding backmost Diabate, erstwhile the second threw a punch astatine Duren, escalating the full situation. As Duren walked away, Bridges got involved, throwing his ain left-handed punch astatine Duren. The Pistons guardant retaliated with his ain punch.

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Then, with galore connected the tribunal astatine this point, Stewart came rushing disconnected the Pistons’ seat to face Bridges, throwing a punch arsenic their altercation became the focal constituent of the madness connected the hardwood.

The tense country yet dissipated, but the ejections didn’t halt aft that. In the 4th quarter, Hornets manager Charles Lee was tossed from the crippled and needed to beryllium held backmost aft screaming astatine officials pursuing a no-call erstwhile his player, Grant Williams, collided with Pistons’ Paul Reed.

The Pistons ended up winning the game, 110-104, to adhd to their Eastern Conference-best 39-13 record. The Hornets fell to 25-29, which sits them 10th successful the conference.

Ejections successful the NBA usually pb to discipline, truthful it volition beryllium absorbing to spot what the league bureau determines is due punishment for this heated infinitesimal connected Monday night.

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