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Isaiah Stewart gets a flagrant foul for whacking Jalen Suggs in the face
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Isaiah Stewart gets a flagrant foul for whacking Jalen Suggs in the face

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert  |  Last updated Apr 25, 2026 3:07 PM ET
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Jalen Suggs got Beef Stew’d during Saturday’s Game 3.

Suggs and the Orlando Magic faced off against Isaiah Stewart and the Detroit Pistons for the third game of their first-round playoff series. In the second quarter at Kia Center in Orlando, Fla., Stewart rotated over to defend a Suggs drive to the rim and ended up whacking the Magic guard in the face.

Take a look at the video (in which Stewart caught Suggs with a downward swipe as Suggs was airborne).

Stewart was whistled for a common foul on the spot. Upon an official review however, the foul was upgraded to a flagrant 1.

This is not the first incident for Stewart in the series against the Magic either. Before Game 1, Stewart got physical with Orlando’s Desmond Bane during a pregame run-in.

While the foul against Suggs itself looked like a fairly weak flagrant call, Stewart’s reputation may have preceded him there. The 24-year-old big man Stewart is known as perhaps the most confrontational player in the league and has had multiple (very) physical incidents with opponents just this season alone.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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