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NBA Suspends 11 Players After Orlando Magic-Detroit Pistons Brawl

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The Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic got into a brawl during their Dec. 28 contest, with 11 total players landing suspensions from the National Basketball Association (NBA). [Twitter/Screenshot/Public — User: @BallySportsFL]

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It was only a matter of time before the league handed out suspensions, and here we go.

Both Detroit Pistons‘ Killian Hayes and Orlando Magic‘s Moritz Wagner received multigame suspensions from the National Basketball Association (NBA) after they took part in a brawl during the Dec. 28 Pistons-Magic game.

NBA Executive Vice President Joe Dumars, who suited up for Detroit in his playing days, handed down a total of 11 suspensions, including eight to Magic players for running off the bench during the incident.

After punching Wagner in the back of the head, Hayes was hit with a three-game suspension without pay. Wagner received a two-game suspension. Pistons’ Hamidou Diallo — who pushed Wagner after his shove on Hayes — received a one-game suspension along with the eight other Magic players.

The eight Orlando Magic players who landed one-game suspensions are: Cole Anthony, R.J. Hampton, Gary Harris, Kevon Harris, Admiral Schofield, Franz Wagner, Mo Bamba and Wendell Carter Jr.. (How the hell are they supposed to play the next game with that?)

Here’s the replay of the incident:

I know a few readers got mad at me for comparing this incident to the ‘Malice at the Palace,’ but I’m telling you, all it would have taken was one Detroit fan pissing off one of those several Magic players who ran off the bench (violating an NBA rule in the process that stemmed from “Malice at the Palace”) for all hell to break loose.

That’s all it takes sometimes, just one to spark up the powder keg and give us “Malice at the Palace” 2.0. I mean, after all, that’s exactly how the original happened when a Pistons fan threw a beer on Ron Artest (now known as Metta World Peace). (RELATED: Indiana Pacers’ Buddy Hield Wastes No Time Scoring The Fastest Three-Pointer In NBA History)

I don’t think it was a far stretch to compare it to “Malice,” but let’s just be lucky it didn’t get there.

That’s the last thing that the NBA needs.

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