The teams faced off on Jan. 16, with Indiana coming out on top 111-100 on the road. As the Pistons dribbled the clock out, Pacers forward Pascal Siakam began talking to the Pistons' Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren. It carried over once the game finished, and Stewart walked over to join in, allegedly telling Turner, "You play with Legos."

Two weeks after the Pacers and Pistons got into after Indiana's 111-100, the teams got heated again with Isaiah Stewart getting ejected

In the second quarter, Stewart shoved Pacers center Thomas Bryant as the two got ready to go for a rebound. The officials quickly blew play dead to review the call, and whether it was deemed worth of a flagrant. Bryant got up and tried to approach Stewart, although a mob of Pacers kept that from happening.