The NBA on Tuesday suspended five players for their roles in an altercation in a game between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday.
Detroit's Isaiah Stewart received a two-game suspension without pay, and Detroit's Ron Holland II and Marcus Sasser and Minnesota's Donte DiVincenzo and Naz Reid were each suspended one game without pay. The incident happened with 8:36 left in the second quarter of Minnesota’s 123-104 victory.
Stewart received two games "for escalating an on-court altercation" and "in part on his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.