On January 12, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and in the Wizards' home game against the visiting Thunder, although they have not been able to open the score, they won the game with their excellent performance in the second half. The Lakers' veterans still had a good game in this game, Kuzma had 29 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Pop had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Harrell had 12 points and 7 rebounds!
It was reported that after the game, there was not a good news, that is, Pop and Harrell had a physical conflict. According to Shams, Whoop and Harrell clashed at halftime, and then The Athletic released the details of the incident, sources revealed that Harrell was unhappy that Pope did not pass the ball to him before the end of the first half, and then the two began to argue on the way to the dressing room, the two exchanged fists in conversation, but did not touch each other, and then the two entangled, and then separated by teammates. After entering the dressing room, the quarrel was over and in order to ensure that the situation would not escalate, the team added security personnel.
As teammates who were with the Lakers before, Harrell and Pope came to the Wizards in the same deal, and it can be said that as teammates for many years, this should not have happened between the two. However, the conflict has a great impact on the Wizards' locker room, after all, as the team's two important core rotation players, the problem of these two people is bound to affect the entire team.
Judging from this matter, it is actually caused by small things on the pitch, and Harrell does not have to fight with the opponent because of a pass problem. After the clashes, Harrell played very modestly in the second half, scoring just two points. And Pope scored 5 points in the fourth quarter!
Hopefully, the Wizards can solve the problem of these two people, after all, this is the key moment for the team to attack the playoff spot, they are currently in ninth place, and there is only 1 win gap between them and the Knicks in the eleventh place, and there is only 1 win gap with the Hornets in the front seventh place, and every game is very critical!