In retrospect, it’s probably a good thing that Isaiah Stewart got ejected early in this one.
The hostility was high, the physicality was intense, and the talk was nonstop in the Detroit Pistons 133-119 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis on Wednesday night.
Stewart delivered a hard shove to Thomas Bryant and was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected in the second quarter. If Stewart had managed to stay in the game, the way these teams were going at each other, he might have killed someone.
It got so bad that even George Blaha got fed up with Haliburton’s antics.