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The NBA has issued the following suspensions following Sunday’s altercation between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons.

The incident began when Ron Holland II committed a defensive foul on Naz Reid with 8:36 remaining in the second quarter of the Timberwolves’ 123-104 victory over the Pistons on March 30 at Target Center. Following that foul, Reid pointed at and confronted Holland. Holland then pushed Donte DiVincenzo and in response, DiVincenzo escalated the incident by shoving Holland II in the chest. The two players along with Reid became entangled and fell into the spectator stands. Isaiah Stewart and Marcus Sasser then entered the altercation near the spectator stands and shoved DiVincenzo and Reid, which resulted in a continued escalation of the situation. For their roles, all five players were assessed technical fouls and ejected from the game.

The length of Stewart’s suspension is based in part on his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts, announced the NBA.

• Isaiah Stewart: 2 game suspension
• Donte DiVincenzo: 1 game suspension
• Ron Holland: 1 game suspension
• Naz Reid: 1 game suspension
• Marcus Sasser: 1 game suspension

The Utah Jazz are open to trading John Collins, sources told Andy Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune.

“The 26-year-old has the lowest on-court/off-court splits of any rotation player on the team, and the team has been frustrated with his slow uptake on learning the Jazz’s system on both ends of the floor,” according to Larsen.

Collins missed his third straight game due to a non-COVID illness.

Collins is averaging 14.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game this season.