The Los Angeles Lakers-Charlotte Hornets Summer League clash on Sunday had everything: a huge comeback, a Tracy McGrady-esque performance, two overtimes and, well unfortunately, a fan fistfight.
Apparently, a fight broke out during the contest, with a man captured in several videos hitting another guy. While it is unknown what caused the brawl, NBA Summer League co-founder and president Albert Hall was seen immediately responding and personally breaking up the fight.
https://twitter.com/TedBuddy8/status/1546343631950188545
shout out Albert hall, nba summer league president
ran up in the stands to break up a fight himself
real one pic.twitter.com/3PaYl522fC
— ian (@GALDYTRON) July 11, 2022
Here's another angle of the brawl during the Lakers-Hornets contest and how things initially started. The man in white (who was initially wearing a yellow shirt) can be seen standing among the crowd before getting into a heated exchange with other people in the stands. Later on, the man in orange near him was seen unleashing a flurry of punches on the said guy.
Better angle!!! pic.twitter.com/V0LxJ0GDSD
— Corey Easley (@imcoreaz) July 11, 2022
Rowdy fans are no longer new in the NBA, and the Summer League is no exception since security tends to be more relaxed in the said games. It remains to be seen what will happen to the fans involved, but there is certainly no room for violence in the league–even if it's not in the regular season.
With that said, those fans could potentially be facing a major ban or other kinds of punishment.
As for the Lakers and Hornets, the incident certainly doesn't erase the incredible performance that both teams showed. Charlotte had to come back from 15 points down to win, while Cole Swider gave LA fans something to cheer for with his eight points in 32 seconds in crunch time.
Hopefully, that becomes more of the focus rather than the ugly fight that unfolded.
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