Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook and coach Darvin Ham had a brief, heated verbal exchange in the locker room during halftime of Tuesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN.
Ham expressed frustration with how Westbrook lingered on the playing floor after getting subbed out of the game late in second quarter.
Voices were raised in locker room, but discussion turned back to trying to win the game against the Thunder, sources said.
Ham closed the game with Westbrook, who had 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. Ham and Westbrook dapped up prior to leaving the arena later in the night.
The Lakers lost 133-130, with the game being highlighted by Lakers star LeBron James scoring 38 points and surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the No. 1 spot on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
Source:ESPN
