A FanDuel Sports Network North camera operator got closer than they wanted to a brawl Sunday night between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves. Early in the second quarter, Minnesota’s Naz Reid drove to the basket and was fouled by Pistons forward Ron Holland. Reid approached Holland, and the two began to jaw at each other. When Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo tried to intervene and push Holland away, Holland pushed back.
Cue the brawl, as players from both sides joined the altercation, which quickly spilled into the area behind the basket. The broadcast cut to a brief, extremely close shot of the players fighting, with the camera being knocked around.
Camera operators got an up close and personal view of this fight between the Pistons and Timberwolves, which spilled into the crowd. pic.twitter.com/i3mxNMDld5
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In the FanDuel Sports Network North booth, play-by-play man Michael Grady and analyst Jim Petersen attempted to make sense of the escalating situation, with Grady exclaiming, “Big-time brawl now in the front row! It’s going to take a lot to break this up.” Petersen added, “You’ve got to stay out of the crowd, this is not good,” as the broadcast shifted to a striking overhead shot of players continuing to scuffle.
Eventually, order was restored, and DiVincenzo, Reid, Holland, Isaiah Stewart, Marcus Sasser, Pistons head coach J. B. Bickerstaff, and T-Wolves assistant coach Pablo Prigioni were ejected. Hopefully, the camera operator is OK, as no one goes to work expecting to be caught up in a wild altercation like that.
