What was supposed to be a great win for the Houston Rockets over the Los Angeles Lakers turn ugly after Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo got into a heated argument.
The game has been highly physical throughout, and things got chippy in the payoff period when James Harden shoved Brandon Ingram during a play. Ingram, who clearly didn’t like what Harden did, pushed the reigning NBA MVP.
Ingram’s teammates then separated him from Harden in order to avoid any more trouble. However, as it turns out, there’s another storm brewing on the court.
Rondo and Paul exchanged punches after the Ingram-Harden incident, with the Lakers’ veteran allegedly spitting on Paul’s face. The Rockets’ All-Star guard retaliated and poked the eyes of Rondo, which then turned into a brawl.
LeBron James and other players acted as a peacemaker, but it didn’t help that Ingram joined the fight and threw a punch as well.
The Lakers and Rockets threw punches at Staples pic.twitter.com/YKWRkqHnXF
— ESPN (@espn) October 21, 2018
Paul, Rondo and Ingram were all ejected after the ruckus, and the NBA is reportedly reviewing the incident, with punishments reportedly set to be handed out soon. As usual, current and former NBA players who watched the commotion expressed their reaction and opinion on Twitter — some of which are serious and some are just hilarious. SBOBET compiled the list below:
Things gotta a lil heated HUH https://t.co/L79wLw68XI
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) October 21, 2018
That’s was a Nice ass left Rondo !!! Lol
— Marcus Morris (@MookMorris2) October 21, 2018
My Dog Rondo hookin off on folks #80s NBA BACK
— Anthony Morrow (@MrAnthonyMorrow) October 21, 2018
Yea — Eric Bledsoe (@EBled2) October 21, 2018
All that wolfin everybody won’t stand for it ♂️
— C.J. Watson (@Quietstorm_32) October 21, 2018
THIS LAKER GAME GOING UP GHEE!!!
— Jordan Bell (@1jordanbell) October 21, 2018
Damn! @NBA play the game #LakersVsRockets — Sasha Vujacic (@SashaVujacic) October 21, 2018
Utah Jazz second-year guard Donovan Mitchell is, perhaps, all of us during the brawl:
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) October 21, 2018
Milwaukee Bucks’ big man John Henson also chimed in and tweeted out what everybody else is thinking:
That’s going to be expensiveeeeee
— John Henson (@Johnhenson31) October 21, 2018
Meanwhile, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Jordan Clarkson—who spent almost two years with Ingram in Los Angeles—showed his support to Ingram and even said in a now-deleted tweet that the 21-year-old’s quiet demeanour doesn’t mean he won’t stand up for himself and his teammates.
bi i love you lil bro
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) October 21, 2018
Here’s a tidbit from former Laker Metta World Peace too.
Metta world Peace (Ron Artest) literally just said “That was a hell of a left hand” “and the uppercut?!” referring to the fight. pic.twitter.com/cikjofHeSI — Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) October 21, 2018
Fans and NBA media didn’t let themselves get left out and offered their reactions as well.
We've got a brawl in Rockets-Lakers pic.twitter.com/79YLNMKNIa
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 21, 2018
Saw this Rondo/CP3 brewing. CP3 dead ass wrong for putting his finger in Rondo’s face. Rondo suppose to swing on him.
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) October 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/coolghost101/status/1053875853673738241
Lebron playing ref between @CP3 and @RajonRondo and enjoying every second of it! #houston #Rockets #lakers #hands pic.twitter.com/zC1oOcVZ9M
— Jean Lopez (@jalexandrelopez) October 21, 2018
LMAO #LAkers #Rockets #NBA pic.twitter.com/eWNzWbsd9a
— deх (вall dnт lιe) (@balldntlie) October 21, 2018
It remains to be seen what punishment will the NBA give the players involved, but NBA Twitter certainly had a field day.
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