Detroit Pistons And Charlotte Hornets have huge fight

Hoops turned into heavyweight boxing tonight between the Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets. More specifically, between the Pistons' Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart and the Hornets' Moussa Diabate and Miles Bridges. The fisticuffs began with Duren and Diabate before perennial crash-out Isaiah Stewart jumped into the fray and escalated the third quarter fracas.
According to MLiveMoussa Diabate is very confident and content with adult basketball.
“We go back and forth, it's a basketball game at the end of the day,” Diabate said Tuesday. “We're going to be competitive, we're going to talk, we're going to be physical and I'm totally fine with that.
“I fouled him, we get in each other's face, I'm fine with that … where it took a different route when he put his hand in my face. Of course it's sad, but I was out of control with emotions.”

If you ask Piston head coach JB Bickerstaff, the Hornets players are the ones who crossed the sacred line of masculinity and disrespect.
Via Detroit Free Press:
“If you go back and watch the film, they ran multiple guys at JD,” Pistons coach JB Bickerstaff said. “JD and Stew consider themselves brothers, and when you have two guys running at one guy and you've already crossed the line, human instinct tells him to protect his little brother. I hate to see it again, but that's the nature of what happened. I hate it for Stew because of the things that will follow, but again, we weren't the ones who crossed that night.

All four players were ejected from the game, but no word on how long suspensions could be. For Isaiah Stewart, a repeat offender, there could be significant consequences. Former NBA All-Star Demarcus Cousins spoke about the incident during an episode of the Run It Back Show via Heavy:
“It's going to be more than that, this is not a 1st time offender, and he left the bench,” Cousins said after his co-host, Lou Williams, predicted Stewart would be suspended 10 games. “I think 20 to 25 (match suspension), to be honest.”
Tough break for the Pistons as they are currently riding high as the best team in the NBA.