Lakers: Nick Young Ejected for Trying to Fight Anthony Tolliver (Video)
Lakers guard Nick Young was ejected on Sunday after trying to fight Anthony Tolliver
Most everything about the Los Angeles Lakers matchup with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday afternoon was ugly. Detroit shellacked the Lakers from the opening tip and everything about it wasn’t pretty as the Lakers trailed by 30 points on a number of occasions.
However, the ugliest moment by far came in garbage time early in the fourth quarter when Nick Young lost his cool.
After getting out on a fast break and looking for a dunk, Pistons forward Anthony Tolliver came from the side to try and block Swaggy P. Young was fouled on the play and was sent to the ground, albeit on a clean defensive play. However, Young didn’t see it that way and went right at Tolliver, shoving him and putting his forearm in his throat while getting in his face:
No one on the broadcast (or with a brain) really understands what Young got so bent out of shape about, but he was obviously put out by something for him to react in such an irrational manner.
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In all honesty, that might have been frustrations boiling over for Swaggy P. He’s clearly in the doghouse right now with Byron Scott and things are going abysmally for the Lakers while he’s buried on the end of the bench. So when he was denied a dunk and fouled in the process, there’s at least a chance that he couldn’t take it anymore and just snapped on the first person in front of him, who just happened to be Tolliver.
Regardless of why it happened, Swaggy was ejected from the game (deservedly) and there’s surely a fine coming his way from the league.
This is yet another chapter in this Lakers season to make fans shake their heads.