5 gamers and two coaches have been ejected after a battle broke out within the second quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night time.
Detroit misplaced head coach JB Bickerstaff, heart Isaiah Stewart, ahead Ron Holland II and guard Marcus Sasser. Minnesota ahead Naz Reid and guard Donte DiVincenzo have been tossed, together with assistant coach Pablo Prigioni.
“Clearly issues went too far,” Bickerstaff stated. “However what you see is guys searching for each other, guys attempting to guard each other, guys attempting to have one another’s backs … These are non-negotiables in our locker room.”
CHAOS IN MINNESOTA 😱
The Pistons and the Timberwolves get right into a HEATED altercation involving a number of gamers and coaches that spilled into the stands 😳
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) March 30, 2025
The skirmish started with the Pistons up 39-30. Stewart had obtained a technical foul simply moments earlier when he bumped DiVincenzo exhausting after the whistle. Then Holland was referred to as for a foul as he slapped the ball out of Reid’s fingers close to the baseline. The 2 exchanged phrases, DiVincenzo stepped between them and grabbed Holland’s jersey, and shortly all 10 gamers on the courtroom and a number of coaches and trainers have been a part of the scrum.
Because the gamers have been separated, Bickerstaff and Prigioni screamed at one another and needed to be separated by staff personnel.
The scene performed out simply 20ft from new Timberwolves proprietor Alex Rodriguez, who walked over from his courtside seat within the aftermath and appeared to name for help for a younger fan who was caught in the midst of the melee.
The sport featured 12 technical fouls, essentially the most in an NBA sport since March 2005, per OptaSTATS.
“I believed main as much as that the sport was manner too bodily,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch stated. “It’s unlucky, however we knew they have been a brilliant bodily staff. They hit you, they maintain you, all of the stuff that you really want your bodily groups to do. However I simply thought it bought to a degree the place gamers have been going to take issues into their very own fingers. You don’t ever need that.”
The Timberwolves rallied from an early 16-point deficit to beat the Pistons 123-104.
