Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons players fumed, exchanging words, jersey tugs and shoves during a second-quarter melee, which led to seven ejections in Minneapolis.

A 2Q brawl cost the Pistons Marcus Sasser, Isaiah Stewart and, most notably, coach J.B. Bickerstaff in a loss Sunday.

The Wolves were able to grab control of the game not long after the fracas and won 123-104 — a win they desperately needed.

Five players and two coaches were ejected from the Minnesota Timberwolves-Detroit Pistons game after a scuffle broke out in the second quarter.

But what the Detroit Pistons have discovered, or rather what they've displayed for the better part of this season, is an identity. One can add the Melee in Minneapolis to some of the other famous brouhahas in the franchise's history,

The Pistons showed up to Target Center on Sunday ready to literally fight. But, for the first quarter, the Timberwolves looked more ready to go to bed. Until Donte DiVincenzo decided to step into

Julius Randle scored 26 points on 9-for-18 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied for a 123-104 win over the Detroit Pistons in a game that featured a physical fracas on Sunday night in Minneapolis.

Five players and two coaches were ejected after a fight broke out in the second quarter of the Timberwolves' 123-104 win against the Pistons on Sunday.

DiVincenzo was ejected during Sunday's game against the Pistons, Jace Frederick of St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. DiVincenzo was ejected along with Ron Holland, Naz Reid, Marcus Sasser and Isaiah Stewart after both teams got into a heated altercation.