NBA rains down suspensions on Magic and Pistons players after mass brawl
New York, New York - The NBA has suspended 11 players involved in the mass scuffle during the Detroit Pistons' 121-101 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.
It all kicked off with 33.2 seconds left in the second quarter when Orlando's Moritz Wagner body checked Detroit guard Killian Hayes off the court and onto the Pistons bench.
The Pistons bench immediately stepped up to get in Wagner's face before Hayes hit the Magic power forward in the back of the head with his forearm.
Wagner appeared to have been knocked out by the blow, but was able to eventually walk away from the skirmish.
Hayes copped the longest suspension, a three-game ban without pay, while Wagner was banned for two games for an "unsportsmanlike act."
Eight Magic players – Cole Anthony, RJ Hampton, Gary Harris, Kevon Harris, Admiral Schofield, Franz Wagner, Mo Bamba, and Wendell Carter Jr – all received one-game suspensions, having left their bench to join in the altercation.
Pistons' shooting guard Hamidou Diallo also was banned for one game for pushing Wagner from behind as the brawl erupted.
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