The NBA Summer League game on Tuesday between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers got a little too intense.
With a little over four minutes remaining in the first half of the contest at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev., Lakers forward Adou Thiero tried to finish at the rim, but Clippers big man Norchad Omier got under Thiero, causing the latter to crash into the floor.
That led to a skirmish, as players from both sides gathered near the basket. It escalated a bit more when Lakers guard Chris Manon tried to get in between to pacify the moment, only to get shoved in the back by Omier. The shove on Manon enraged Lakers forward Arthur Kaluma, who had to be held back by a member of the Lakers staff.
Here is a video of that entire sequence.
Lakers and Clippers with a little Summer League skirmishpic.twitter.com/q6YfYNp7TT
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The situation eventually cooled down, as technical fouls were handed to Omier, Kaluma and Clippers forward Riley Kugal. Omier was also slapped with a flagrant foul type 1.
As for the game, the last laugh belonged to the Lakers, who emerged victorious, 99-85. Cameron Carr led the Lakers with 23 points, while Manon and Kaluma had 17 and 15 points, respectively.
If anything, this Summer League confrontation added some spice to the crosstown rivalry of the two Los Angeles NBA franchises.
