It didn’t hurt that overall skill levels were improving too. There simply wasn’t room for enforcer types anymore. As players opted to avoid fines and suspensions, what used to be full-on brawls turned ...

Isaiah Stewart's gesture after his ejection following the Pistons-Timberwolves matchup embodies Detroit basketball.

Three players along with J.B. Bickerstaff were ejected early in the second quarter following a bench-clearing fight with the Minnesota Timberwolves.