The physicality on the court boiled over on Monday night between the Pistons and Hornets, escalating to the point of punches being thrown and four players getting ejected.
While both sides were getting after each other all night, the thing that finally set off the fight was a hard foul by Moussa Diabaté on Jalen Duren. The foul led to a shove, the shove led to a punch. Suddenly a chaotic scrum had broken out with players from both sides getting involved, either as a part of the action or an attempt to break it up, with Diabaté continuing his pursuit until he was eventually quelled by a combination of his teammates and team security.
