Pistons player misses own bobblehead night due to suspension for flagrant fouls

Detroit Pistons fans were treated to a bobblehead giveaway of large antheral Isaiah Stewart Friday night.

But they were incapable to spot Stewart successful enactment because helium wasn't allowed to play.

Stewart was suspended for flagrant fouls assessed passim the season.

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The NBA announced Friday that Stewart would beryllium suspended for the night's contention aft helium picked up a sixth flagrant foul constituent this season.

Stewart picked up a flagrant foul, which prompted an automatic ejection Wednesday aft helium checked an opponent, Thomas Bryant, erstwhile a changeable went up.

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Bryant had to beryllium held backmost by his teammates, and Stewart astir instantly walked disconnected the court.

The league announced the suspension, on with a $50,000 good for Stewart for making "inappropriate and objectionable gestures" aft his ejection Wednesday successful the Pistons' 133-119 nonaccomplishment to the Pacers successful Indiana. 

The gestures were apt the evident digit guns helium pointed astatine the Pistons bench.

The Pistons and Pacers person past with the Malice astatine the Palace successful 2004.

Stewart entered the crippled with 4 flagrant foul points, truthful the telephone triggered the automatic suspension based connected the league's regular-season protocols.

Despite the suspension, the Pistons inactive gave retired Stewart bobbleheads to 5,000 fans.

The Pistons person been a pleasant astonishment this season. Their 23-24 grounds is bully for eighth spot successful the Eastern Conference, which would enactment them successful the play-in tournament. 

Last year, the Pistons mislaid an NBA grounds 27 consecutive games, which resulted successful the firing of Monty Williams contempt him inking the richest woody successful coaching past astatine the time.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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