Pistons-Magic benches cleared in wild NBA scenes as player ‘KOd’ by ‘dirty’ act
Wild scenes have erupted in Detroit after the benches cleared and three players were ejected just before halftime at Little Caesar’s Arena.
With 30 seconds left within the first half, the Pistons had been dominating the Magic 63-44 when the ball rolled out of the Magic finish with Orlando’s Mo Wagner and Detroit’s Killian Hayes in pursuit.
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The ball appeared destined to roll out of bounds regardless of a full-speed Hayes’ finest efforts when his 25-year-old Magic rival Wagner gave him a shoulder bump, sending him into the Pistons bench.
Wagner instantly put his hand up as if to make an apology however Hamidou Diallo got here to his teammate’s defence, pushing Wagner, earlier than Hayes appeared to strike the German behind the top.
Camera angles present Wagner falling closely into the arms of a number of the Detroit employees as pandemonium erupts behind him.
Fans had been cut up as as to whether Wagner was knocked out or was taking part in useless to keep away from the fracas.
However, Wagner did seem surprised and unsteady when he obtained to his ft and extricated himself from the scenario.
But the Magic cleared the bench to return to their gamers support and whereas there was loads of pushing and shoving, the groups had been separated ultimately.
The area announcer mentioned: “Nobody move. Stay in your seats. Do not move from your seats.”
“Things have gotten out of control at Little Caesars Arena,” as soon as of the commentators mentioned.
Another mentioned it was a transparent “punch to the back of the head” from Hayes.
As the mud settled, the officers ejected Diallo, Hayes and Wagner however it’s unlikely to be the final heard concerning the scenario.
Draftkings’ Mike Golic Jr. tweeted: “didn’t even notice Wagner got KO’d, the hit to the back of the head didn’t even look that hard? Looking at it again part of me wonders if he was already down when he got shoved into the guy on the pistons bench?”
Sport commentator Kyle Madson wrote: “That Mo Wagner video looked scary, man.”
He added: “1. The initial shove by Wagner is trash and a dangerous play.
“2. Was Wagner out after the initial push in the back? That looks so weird to me.”
Broadcaster Jonathan Zaslow commented: “Whoa! This is a super dirty play by Mo Wagner. But you punch a guy (out??) in the back of the head …. Killian Hayes is getting 10 games. Easy.”
Detroit radio journalist Jay Scott Smith posted: “Killian Hayes putting a Mo Wagner to sleep with a rabbit punch is not what I had on the #Pistons Bingo Card.”
Fox’s Adam Shadoff added the Magic might be lacking most of their gamers for the subsequent match after leavuing the bench, which is an automated suspension within the NBA.
