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Spit spit spat12/5/2023 ![]() ![]() The play Walton was referencing came with 9:47 remaining in the game. That is, to me, if I’m a player or teammate, ‘If that’s only a flagrant 1, then we can play a little more physical.’ I didn’t sense anything too crazy besides our guys were a little irritated that that happened and wasn’t penalized more. … He clotheslined our guy, he picked him up off his feet and slammed him on his back. I saw that and I have zero idea how that’s a flagrant 1. Luke Walton: The clothesline, like three minutes prior to that. Harden received a technical foul in the second quarter after bumping Lance Stephenson after the Lakers swingman, a famed instigator in his own right, scored his third of three straight baskets. On another Rockets possession, Paul sent Rondo sprawling on his backside after driving hard from the right and seemed to celebrate his own strength afterward by flexing – twice – before mimicking push-ups as he ran the other way. But the Lakers pointed to a different play in the fourth quarter as precipitating the eventual melee. Tension had been building since early in the game. But you start swinging and going wild, stuff starts happening, doing disrespectful stuff, and that’s when stuff gets to another level. Situations get out of hand, and that’s fine. Mike D’Antoni, Rockets coach: I saw it from a distance, I wasn’t getting into that. JaVale McGee, Lakers center: I didn’t see it personally, but I just saw it like everybody else saw it - on Instagram. ![]() This is what those who were part of it saw.Ĭarmelo Anthony, Rockets forward: It was bullshit. Lakers writer Bill Oram, Rockets writer Kelly Iko, NBA insider Shams Charania and fellow Los Angeles writer Jovan Buha were also all in attendance and contributed to this report. The Athletic collected several other views as well. What he sees will determine the severity of the punishment for the brawl’s most active participants – Paul, Rondo and Ingram. With the Rockets set to play at the Clippers on Sunday, VanDeWeghe will have to study the security tape and consult with his staff before deciding on the forthcoming discipline. ![]() So, too, no doubt, did the NBA’s resident enforcer of discipline, vice president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe, who was also on hand for the game. His new Rockets teammate, Carmelo Anthony, came by and was quickly followed by their other Banana Boat buddy, LeBron, repping the Dodgers in a personalized cap, before he left in a white Maybach.Įach player had his view on what was a sudden and explosive altercation near the end of a celebratory night. And there was Paul, in a red Winston-Salem State University sweater and black glasses, sitting on the back of a golf cart with his wife while waiting for their black Chevy Suburban to arrive.įor nearly a half hour, he sat there taking visitors. There was Rondo’s agent, Bill Duffy of BDA Sports, monitoring the scene after his accused client had already departed. There were Lakers players coming and going – some who had been involved in the fight ( Brandon Ingram) and others who were not (Lance Stephenson, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart among them). There were cars of the most luxurious kind all around, with police officers stationed on the perimeter and red-coated security guards also keeping watch. arrived on the loading dock inside this storied arena, the tension remained. And then there was Floyd Mayweather, the prize fighter who was sitting at midcourt when Paul started spreading the word that an alleged spit from Rondo had sparked all this fury that unfolded in the Rockets’ 125-115 win.įloyd Mayweather HYPED watching two men box at Staples Center. ![]() I know Chris and Rondo, and they’re feisty guys, so shit happens.”ĭitto for Metta World Peace, the former Laker of “Malice at the Palace” infamy who came by press row in the aftermath to joke with reporters about how they were starting trouble. “You walk up on somebody, you’d better be ready to fight,” Oakley told The Athletic. ![]()
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