After months of waiting, LeBron James finally made his debut with the Lakers in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Naturally, the energy at the Staples Center was electric — Lakers fans couldn’t help themselves.
While James was the main focus in the battle against the Houston Rockets, a fight late in the fourth quarter stole the attention away from his home debut — and resulted in three ejections.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Lakers officials are backing Rondo’s “contention that he didn’t spit” on Paul, while the Rockets are insisting that he did.
The Rockets held on to their slight lead after the fight to take the 124-115 win, spoiling James’ opener in Los Angeles and picking up their first win of the year.
Before the fight late in the game, Harden and Paul were dominating offensively — especially in the first half.
Source: ESPN
