Detroit Pistons guards Killian Hayes and Hamidou Diallo will miss Friday’s recreation in opposition to the Chicago Bulls after receiving suspensions for his or her involvement in a benches-clearing brawl Wednesday with the Orlando Magic.
The altercation in Detroit started when Magic middle Moe Wagner hip-checked Hayes as they chased after a free ball, sending the smaller Hayes flying into his bench. The Pistons’ response was quick: Diallo elbowed Wagner within the again, then Hayes sprang to his ft and adopted with a punch to the again of Wagner’s head. Wagner appeared to lose consciousness, slumping into the arms of two Pistons assistant coaches as gamers from each benches swarmed the scene.
Three gamers had been ejected: Wagner with a Flagrant-2 foul for his shove and Hayes and Diallo for his or her involvement within the altercation. Hayes earned a three-game suspension and Wagner a two-game ban. Diallo will serve his one-game suspension in opposition to the Bulls.
The league moreover suspended eight Magic gamers — Cole Anthony, Mo Bamba, Wendell Carter Jr., RJ Hampton, Gary Harris, Kevon Harris, Franz Wagner and Admiral Schofield — for one recreation for exiting the bench throughout an altercation. Suspensions for leaving the bench throughout an altercation embrace a $50,000 nice.
Despite successful 121-101, the Pistons (9-28) are in final place within the Eastern Conference.
The absence of Hayes and Diallo ought to give the Bulls a bonus Friday on the United Center coming an exhilarating additional time win in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks. But the Bulls typically have struggled in opposition to bottom-tier groups or these weakened by accidents — as occurred Monday in a blowout loss to the Houston Rockets, the last-place crew within the West.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com