It was an eventful home opener for the Lakers and Staples Center regular season debut for LeBron James.
In the fourth quarter, shit started to get testy when Brandon Ingram laid a hard foul on James Harden and followed it up with a shove. Away from that, Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo started throwing punches resulting in all hell breaking loose on the floor.
Ingram who was almost on the other side of the floor ran in and started throwing punches himself while Ingram, CP3 and Rondo were ejected as a result. All three will also surely get suspensions when this is all settled by the NBA.
Rondo with ZERO hesitation to throw a straight left in CP3’s face @MickstapeShow pic.twitter.com/wvRFxs3wPl
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 21, 2018
As far as what started this aside from what happened between Ingram and Harden was Paul putting his finger in the face of Rondo. The ESPN announcers also said they heard that Rondo spit in the face of CP3 which would probably set anyone off.
In the end though, the Rockets got the last laugh as they beat the Lakers 124-115.
