Detroit Pistons rookie Isaiah Stewart often brings immense energy and effort every night, and that was once again on display on Thursday during a 107-92 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Stewart produced eight points and six rebounds, while he also made a number of hustle plays during his 21 minutes of work off the bench. He brought a competitive edge to the floor, playing very physical with the Lakers’ frontcourt and even getting into a few verbal spats with players.
The 16th overall pick didn’t back down from the challenge, and continued to go back and forth with the likes of Markieff Morris and Montrezl Harrell. On one sequence, Stewart and Harrell were hit with technical fouls, while Stewart even started chirping at LeBron James at one point.
Those confrontations, as Stewart said, were controlled on his part.
“There is definitely a switch you have to be able to control,” Stewart said after the game. “It’s a switch I have. I know when to turn it on and when to turn it off.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BuYcJibG0w
The aggressive showing by Stewart certainly didn’t go unnoticed by Pistons fans throughout the course of the game. They seemingly loved that their rookie wasn’t backing down, and took to social media to let everyone know about it.
Isaiah Stewart is on a warpath with these Lakers, man. LeBron, Markieff, and Montrezl have all had words with him.
I just love him so much.
— Nicolas (@NicolasHenkel) January 29, 2021
Special moment there for LeBron James. Got to go one-on-one with the great Isaiah Stewart
— Matt Schoch (@Matt_Schoch_) January 29, 2021
Greg Kelser giving Isaiah Stewart his unsung hero of the night award – well deserved for battling it out all night
— CityRocksBasketball (@TheCityRocks) January 29, 2021
isaiah stewart getting into it with markieff is so funny because if markieff were still here they’d get along so well
— probably not zariq (@notrazpberry) January 29, 2021
Build the Isaiah Stewart statue now
— nick (@nsitto2) January 29, 2021
Isaiah Stewart is fun to watch. He’s a bully and I love it
— Nicholas La Vigne (@licknavigne) January 29, 2021
ISAIAH STEWART ISN’T SCARED OF ANYONE.
— jake von erich (@ThePalaceOfJake) January 29, 2021
Isaiah Stewart gonna be the most loved for the pistons and most hated for every other team 🔥
— Devin 99 (@__Devin99__) January 29, 2021
Isaiah Stewart clamping up Lebron and then chirps him right after😭 this man is a legend
— Wolverine Paw (@wolverinepaw) January 29, 2021
I am liking this young boy Isaiah Stewart on the Pistons he's not afraid out here not backing down to Morris, Harrell and now Bron!
— Kevin Cummings (@MrKCummings) January 29, 2021
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