The incident elicited comical NBA fan reactions, with several taking shots at Knicks star center Karl-Anthony Towns ... big men Mitchell Robinson and Paul Reed got tangled up.

Big men Karl-Anthony Towns and Paul Reed got into early confrontation that started a near-fracas. The incident took place with 51.8 seconds remaining in the opening quarter at Little Caesars Arena ...

With just under a minute left in the first quarter, Mitchell Robinson and Paul Reed got in a dust-up before Karl-Anthony Towns came in and shoved Reed. Reed aggressively tried to go back at Towns ...

There was a break as Karl-Anthony Towns checked back into the game. During that pause in the action, Paul Reed and Mitchell Robinson got into it and started to shove each other. Towns came over ...

Mitchell Robinson of the Knicks and Paul Reed of the Pistons got into a tussle on the court, pushing and shoving each other as each tried to establish positioning. Karl-Anthony Towns, Robinson's ...