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Lakers' D'Angelo Russell hopes to defuse tension with Nick Young by giving him space

The competitive juices usually spill out in a Lakers practice during a closely contested scrimmage.

The Lakers’ practice on Friday became what Lakers coach Byron Scott called a “nice spirited” session for different reasons. Tension has brewed this week between D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young over a secretly recorded and accidentally published video that made private tales of infidelities suddenly public. Those hostile feelings spilled out on the court.

“They were on opposite teams, so everybody was going after each other,” Scott said. “We want that in practice.”

The Lakers said Russell and Young have not fought, at least not yet.