Lebron James was ejected after a swung that draws blood at Isaiah Stewart's face when they fought for a rebound on Sunday's 121-116 victory over host Detroit Piston.
It was the second time James was ejected on his entire career, following in 2017 incident in which he was involved for arguing with an official.
The action began with Detroit holding a 78-66 lead with 9:18 left in the third quarter. Stewart was ejected from the game for committing two technical fouls, but his temper had not calmed down even as he was exiting the floor.
A strike have left blood pouring out on Stewart's face and escalated tension after furiously tried to attack at James, but teammates and coaches tried to calm him down.
LeBron has been ejected after this flagrant 2 foul pic.twitter.com/CLbr3h6Zrz
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) November 22, 2021
Anthony Davis, meanwhile, said it was an unintentional moved on the part of James.
"Stewart tried to get physical with Lebron and Lebron did the same thing," he said. "Everybody in the league knows Lebron's not a dirty guy. As soon as he did it, he looked back at him and said, 'Oh, my bad, I didn't try to do it.'
"I don't know what Stewart was trying to do... I've never seen a player try to do that since I've been playing. I know we've seen it before back in the day. That was uncalled for," he added.
LeBron and Isaiah Stewart get into it 😳
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 22, 2021
Wow. pic.twitter.com/VJFntCo6cY
Stewart was called for a loose ball foul, but James was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul. Russel Westbrook was also called for a technical.
Isaiah Stewart runs into the tunnel to try and get to LeBron and the Lakers players stay on the lookout pic.twitter.com/9av1yZHib3
— hoops bot (@hoops_bot) November 22, 2021
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