NBA Hands Out 17 games in Suspensions for Wild Brawl

This week's wild brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets turned out to be a costly one for the players involved. The NBA has today handed out 17 games' worth of suspensions for the donnybrook. 

The volatile Isaiah Stewart, who barged off the bench to extend the fracas, will be out $724,138 for his seven-game ban, as the leading man in the suspensions. 

NBA suspensions for the Pistons-Hornets fight, sources tell ESPN:

Isaiah Stewart: 7 games

Miles Bridges: 4 games

Moussa Diabate: 4 games

Jalen Duren: 2 games

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 11, 2026

Miles Bridges got four games, as did Moussa Diabate, while the Pistons' Jalen Duren got a pair of games.  

Stewart charged onto the floor from the bench and went hard after Bridges to take the brawl to another level, and bring on disturbing memories of the infamous Malice in the Palace. Duren and Diabate engaged in a little head-butting to get the whole thing started. 

The NBA has suspended Isaiah Stewart seven games, Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabaté have each been suspended four games, and Jalen Duren has been suspended two games. Stewart’s suspension is based in part on his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts. pic.twitter.com/RKG5Bl1Fbt

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) February 11, 2026

Stewart had a frank admission to his bursting off the bench to enter the brawl, saying "You're not expecting me to stay on the bench...(What) The f--- I was drafted to Detroit for?" 

Stewart has certainly lived up to the old Bad Boys image, as he's now been suspended five times in his career, the first one coming in an infamous, bloody altercation with LeBron James in 2021. He was also suspended twice last season.