Isaiah Stewart may have been wrong but I get it. And love it.
Detroit Pistons: Isaiah Stewart reacted like a human
When I say Isaiah Stewart was “wrong” I certainly don’t mean morally wrong, as he had every reason to go after LeBron after being punched in the face.
LeBron tried to play innocent after he realized what he had done, but I do think he was trying to fire up his own team and went too far. He’s lucky there was an army of people holding Stewart back.
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I am not a person who likes fights, but I was told as a kid that if you punch another dude in the face, or spit on him or say certain choice words about his mother, you better be ready to fight.
LeBron broke that code and, like I said, if you punch a man in the face you had better be ready to back that up and LeBron clearly wasn’t. He thought he was going to deliver his cheap shot, play innocent and get away with it, but Isaiah Stewart wasn’t having it.
Ideally, Stewart would have calmed down, turned to the crowd with a bloody face, received the biggest standing ovation in Pistons’ history while LeBron was tossed from the game, the Pistons go on to victory behind Stewart’s defense and Detroit leaves the game with no suspensions.
What happened was not ideal, but again, I get it.
And to be honest, I loved it.