Analysis: After another fracas, the NBA had to hit back

LeBron James is missing one game. Markieff Morris is missing his eighth, with no end in sight. Sunday night’s mess in Detroit – the second significant on-court fracas in the NBA this season – earned James the first suspension of his 19-year career, plus got the Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart a two-game suspension on top of the eight stitches that were needed to close a gash in his head.

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