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We’re within the doldrums of the NBA season. The playoff image is beginning to take form, and a spotlight has centered in direction of preparing for the NBA Playoff in mid-April.
However, each occasionally, we’ll get story within the cleaning soap opera that’s the NBA. That’s what we’ve on Wednesday, as two NBA gamers have reportedly acquired in a combat previous to a recreation.
Shams Charania of the Athletic reported the next.
Sources: Detroit Pistons F/C Isaiah Stewart punched Phoenix’s Drew Eubanks within the again tunnels of Suns enviornment right this moment. It’s unclear what sparked the altercation. The NBA is anticipated to obtain footage to evaluation. Extra to come back.
Each Stewart and Eubanks had been going chest-to-chest earlier than a swing to Eubanks’ face linked on Wednesday, sources mentioned. Each had been separated and there may be police presence concerned with the scenario in Phoenix tonight.
Wait, police presence concerned for a fistfight? How severe was this incident?
This isn’t the primary time that Isaiah Stewart has been in an incident like this. Most notably, Stewart acquired right into a kerfuffle with LeBron James In November 2021. As for Eubanks, this doesn’t look like a typical sort of incident for him, primarily based on his NBA profession.
Throughout the recreation, Suns famous person Devin Booker was ejected after selecting up his second technical foul on this controversial play.
The Pistons have been terrible this yr, and sit at 8-44 with 30 video games left to play. The Suns are 32-22, sitting within the fifth spot within the Western Convention Standings.
