An 0-4 start to the season is beginning to take its toll on the Los Angeles Lakers.
Coach Byron Scott revealed Wednesday that there was “a little bit of a verbal altercation" Tuesday evening toward the end of the team's 120-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets, per Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News.
“That’s good,” Scott said. "They tell me that they care. I want to see more fight in our guys. We want to try to stop the bleeding as soon as possible.”
He also added, “A few guys discussed [the loss] in a very angry way. If they just sat on the bench with a smile on their face, I would’ve been much more concerned. I loved it. It tells me that guys care. If they were smiling or laughing, I would’ve been pissed.”
While Scott didn't name any players involved in the altercation, he did say that Kobe Bryant was not involved, while Julius Randle said he was in the game at the time of the incident.
Arguments between teammates are standard fare in professional sports and generally aren't a negative development in a competitive environment, where ...
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Lakers Had Verbal Altercation Near End of Loss to Nuggets
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