“Isaiah Stewart Had A Fan In A Chokehold”: Pistons-Wolves Historic 7 Person Ejection Brawl Has NBA Fans In Tears

Fans must have flocked into the Target Center to watch the home team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, go toe-to-toe against one of the strongest units in the league, the Detroit Pistons. However, they were treated to a street fight in the second quarter.

It seems like one fan even became a part of the brawl between Isaiah Stewart, Donte DiVincenzo, and others. A total of seven people were ejected after the dust settled. Yes, it was a record for the most ejections in a single game since the infamous Malice at the Palace in 2004, which also featured the Pistons, with the Indiana Pacers being the other party.

Detroit’s head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, Stewart, Ron Holland II, Marcus Sasser, and Minnesota’s assistant coach, Pablo Prigioni, Naz Reid, and DiVincenzo were tossed out. Complete chaos had erupted on the floor with 8:36 left on the clock in the second quarter.

Moments earlier, Stewart had received a technical foul for bumping DiVincenzo after the whistle. All hell broke loose when Holland slapped the ball out of Reid’s hands near the baseline. The Timberwolves forward charged toward Holland to confront him.

However, when DiVincenzo stepped in to seemingly cool things down, he ended up making it worse as Holland pushed him. Within seconds, all 10 players were a part of that brawl. Coaches from both sides also joined in, but not to separate the players.

The coaches were also seen arguing among themselves. After being separated, DiVincenzo was seen with bruises on his neck, and Holland had tears in his eyes while asking his teammates to let him go.

Surprisingly, Stewart wasn’t the instigator in this fight. However, he still did a lot of damage. From a blurry image that’s circulating on the internet, the Pistons center can be seen choking a fan.

A popular parody account wrote, “Isaiah Stewart had a fan in a chokehold.” As short-tempered as he is, it’s likely that Stewart had no idea who he was putting his hands on.

While it can’t be said with absolute clarity whether it was a Wolves player or a fan who got caught in the middle, Stewart wouldn’t choke a fan intentionally during a fight.

Needless to say, fans were left laughing at the notion that ‘Beef Stew’ would have it in him to pull off such a stunt.

As mentioned earlier, since the image is blurry, it’s unclear who Stewart was choking out in the screenshot.  Some believe it was Naz Reid, which would be highly likely as well. With the way the fight spilled into the stands, it cannot be ruled out that a fan was involved.

After getting ejected, Stewart was seen pointing to his jersey and screaming, “Detroit!” while leaving the floor. Many fans believe that this is a modern-day rendition of the Bad Boys Pistons.

This season has been incredible for the Pistons so far. They’ve mounted a massive comeback from their previous years’ form.