LeBron James and Isaiah Stewart found themselves embroiled in a massive confrontation on Sunday afternoon.
Part of the way through the third quarter, Detroit Pistons star Jerami Grant (who may soon be a focal part of a blockbuster trade) stepped up to the charity stripe. As he shot his second free throw, James seemed to throw an elbow at Stewart that left him busted up real good.
LeBron punching dudes now??? pic.twitter.com/nHFLdQd34K
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) November 22, 2021
This led to a massive blowup that saw Stewart essentially try to fight the entire Los Angeles Lakers ballclub.
Look at the cop bro pic.twitter.com/keEOXPsnMa
— Overtime (@overtime) November 22, 2021
A number of interesting videos ultimately emerged from the melee.
Stewart seemingly running into the tunnel after James obviously got a lot of play:
Isaiah Stewart runs into the tunnel to try and get to LeBron and the Lakers players stay on the lookout pic.twitter.com/9av1yZHib3
— hoops bot (@hoops_bot) November 22, 2021
But the video that went most viral was the one that showed Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook square up and get ready to fight when they thought something was about to go down.
RUSS AND AD WEREN’T WITH IT (via erujabidi/IG) pic.twitter.com/5PXCrmh1m4
— Overtime (@overtime) November 22, 2021
Westbrook, specifically, seemed ready to roll:
Russ was ready to square up
(Via @RTNBA | h/t @LakersDailyCom) pic.twitter.com/5gVcrPzMKY
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) November 22, 2021
https://t.co/NHVbcmSz7N pic.twitter.com/7Segk8B0oa
— Jarrel (@_JarrelHarris) November 22, 2021
Given how Westbrook likes to get down, this probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. After all, this is man who has somehow managed to already get into a fight with not one, but two separate fans this year.
Drama aside, the Lakers were able to squeak out a 121-116 victory over the Pistons on Sunday. With the win they improved to 9-9 on the year.
Yikes. https://t.co/2Yr0Ns5Wd1
— Game 7 (@game7__) November 19, 2021
What will the fallout from this almost-brawl ultimately end up being? Time will tell.
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A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
