Era the pepper of the clash between Los angeles lakers and the Detroit Pistons: the reunion between LeBron James e Isaiah Stewart just seven days after one of the NBA scenes of the season. ‘King’ James hit in the face of his rival in the fight for a rebound after a free throw, unleashing the wrath of Detroit power, who with a bloody face had to be held by all his teammates when he was about to hit LeBron.
The image went around the world and the NBA did not take long to enter to apply the corresponding sanctions for the skirmish. To the forward of the Lakers he fell a match of punishment for “recklessly hitting Stewart in the face and start an altercation on the court “while Stewart was left two games without playing for”escalate an altercation on the court by repeatedly and aggressively chasing [a James] in an unsportsmanlike manner. “
Seven days after the incident, both rivals met again at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and this time the blood did not reach the river. Although LeBron showed that he was looking forward to both the Pvot and the Pistons and he showed it in the last set with a triple to Stewart’s face and after which he stared at the Michigan team bench.
Stewart also took the “love” of the Lakers fans, who gave him loud boos every time he touched the ball, intensified when the pvot launched his only two free throws of the game.