Lakers vs Grizzlies

The NFL Hall of Famer and broadcaster nearly scuffled with players and exchanged words with Ja Morant's father before security intervened on Friday.

Another video from Cole showed Tee Morant and Sharpe making up after the game with a hug on the court. Prior to the argument, Sharpe shared a video of his outfit while he sat courtside on Instagram. Before returning to his seat for the third quarter, he told McMenamin the incident started with Brooks. Grizzlies reporter Damichael Cole described the incident as "Absolute madness" in a tweet about the fight. Then the dad came and he obviously didn't want no problems." The outlet reports Grizzlies players Dillon Brooks, Steven Adams, and Ja Morant were involved, as well as Morant's father, Tee Morant.

A long-retired NFL tight end almost fought an All-Star's dad... and Steven Adams.

"I ain't talking about that," Brooks said. Then the dad [Tee Morant] came and he obviously didn't want no problems. He definitely didn't want these problems. He started to come at me, and I said, 'You don't want these problems.'" I said, 'F--- you' back. "They do all that talking and jockeying and I ain't about that jockeying.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James supported NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, and he got into a courtside incident with members of the Memphis Grizzlies.

No," Brooks told reporters. "A regular pedestrian like him? Then the dad came, and he obviously didn't want no problems. He can talk with the best of them, for sure." "I ride with Shannon for 365 days, 366 on a leap year, 24/7," LeBron James said after the game. He definitely didn't want these problems.

The Hall of Fame tight end urged fans sitting courtside to show respect in a monologue from two years ago.

You think because you’re paying an enormous amount of money, and the athletes are there to entertain you, you can say, you can do whatever you want. He started to come at me and I said, ‘you don’t want these problems.’ And then Ja came out of nowhere talking. Then the dad came and he obviously don’t want no problems. People think because they pay money – and we see this in restaurants, you think you can talk to your server any kinda way. He definitely didn’t want these problems. I said, ‘F— you back.

Visit ESPN for the game recap of the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball game on January 20, 2023.

[Russell Westbrook](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3468/russell-westbrook) led the Lakers with 29 points and [LeBron James](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james) added 23. [Ja Morant](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4279888/ja-morant) led Memphis with 22 points. [Brandon Clarke](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3906665/brandon-clarke) was fouled with 1.9 seconds remaining. I got the steal, pushed the ball, got fouled and finished the play.” The Lakers had lost their last three games by a total of 10 points. “The guys were kind of down after the Sacramento game, but we addressed areas that we needed to get better.

Russell Westbrook made sure to match up with Ja Morant with the game on the line between the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies.

[slew](https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-russell-westbrook-blames-joel-embiid-for-late-game-snafu-la-loss-sixers) of [officiating errors](https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-semi-vindicated-as-nba-drops-mixed-bag-on-officiating-from-la-loss-vs-mavs) may have [cost them Ws](https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-nba-says-refs-missed-key-foul-that-may-have-cost-la-win-vs-kings)). Lakers win (to Shannon’s [amusement](https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-shannon-sharpe-gets-the-last-laugh-as-la-embarrasses-grizzlies)). It’s hard to overstate how desperately the Lakers needed a nail-biter to go their way. [29 points on 10-of-18 shooting](https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1616684526624804864), essential production on a relatively off night for LeBron James (21 points) — got the job done. Los Angeles’ combination of perimeter pests (Schroder, Westbrook, Patrick Beverley) had collectively held the Grizzlies superstar to 9-0f-28 shooting up to that point. Throughout the cold night for both clubs, the Lakers relied on scrappy defense, keeping the Grizzlies to 42.2% shooting.

Despite LeBron James struggling from the field (at least for his standards) and the team being outrebounded (63-47) by the Grizzlies, the purple and gold held ...

ET to increase the votes for [LeBron James](https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2023/1/19/23562779/lebron-james-all-star-vote-totals-captain-russell-westbrook-anthony-davis), Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, and our son Austin Reaves. - For the Lakers’ injury concerns, there was an update on Anthony Davis (foot) Austin Reaves (hamstring) and Lonnie Walker’s (left knee tendinitis) corresponding statuses, in case you missed it last night. You can follow Nicole on Twitter at [@nicoleganglani](https://twitter.com/nicoleganglani). The Lakers and Blazers will tip off at 6 p.m. It would be nice if they finally break this spell and win a comfortable one against the Blazers on Sunday. The Blazers are currently on a two-game losing streak and are just one game ahead of the Lakers in the Western Conference standings. Although the Lakers won the game, their rebounding has been an issue and it’s something they need to work on moving forward as their schedule gets tougher. [best defense](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=DEF_RATING), which was Memphis, then there’s no excuse for them not to match Portland’s scoring production. While it’s difficult to assess whether this victory may or may not be the turning point of the Lakers season, what’s important in the meantime is that this one surely made up for at least one game that they gave away. Los Angeles’ performance was not perfect by any means, but this victory was huge not just for seeding purposes but also for the [wisdom and lessons](https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/10/5/23388995/darvin-ham-lakers-ws-and-ls-wisdom-and-lessons) learned — eeerr, more like for a potential momentum swift which the Lakers badly needed. Similar to the purple and gold, the Blazers have been pretty mediocre in all facets this season. It’s also only right to give Darvin Ham and his coaching staff their flowers for executing really well in the final period.