The competitive juices usually spill out in a Lakers practice during a closely contested scrimmage. Or when the results hinges on one last play. Or when the play becomes physical.
The Lakers’ practice on Friday became what Lakers coach Byron Scott called a “nice spirited” season 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 infidelities public information. And by design, those feelings of hostilities spilled out on the court.
“They were on opposite teams so everybody was going after each other,” Scott said.