Chaos broke out during the NBA match on Sunday between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves who left the heated matchup in disorder.
In shocking scenes, five players and two coaches were cast out of the collision when a violent mass of fighting broke out in the second quarter.
Detroit lost head coach JB Bickerstaff, Center Isaiah Stewart, Vooruit Ron Holland II and guard Marcus Sasser.
Minnesota Vooruit Naz Reid and guard Donte Divincenzo were also thrown together with assistant coach Pablo Prigioni.
The skirmish started with 8:36 in half with the pistons up 39-30. Stewart had received a technical error just before when he bumped Divincenzo after the whistle.
Then Holland was called for an error when he hit the ball out of the hands of Reid near the baseline.
Chaos broke out during the NBA match on Sunday between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves
Ronald Holland II and Donte Divincenzo Clash while the fight breaks out in the second quarter
The two exchanged words, Divincenzo stepped between them and grabbed Holland's sweater, and soon all 10 players on the field and several coaches and trainers were part of the Scrum.
While the players were separated, Bickerstaff and Prigioni shouted at each other and they had to be separated by team staff.
The entire scene played only 20 feet from the owner Alex Rodriguez of the new Timberwolves, who ran in the aftermath of his Courtide chair and seemed to ask for help for a fan caught in the middle of the Melee.
During the break, the pistons had a 60-54 lead over the Timberwolves, but returning for the second half of the home team that stabbed a run together and bounced back to win a 123-104 victory.
