Nick Young Ejected For Punching; ‘Swaggy P’ Disses Teammates For Letting Him Go '1 On 4' Against Phoenix

Nick Young added some spice in the game between the LA Lakers and Phoenix Suns. He was about to take on the entire Phoenix Suns team.

He took a shot in the face from rookie center Alex Len. He didn't appreciate it, and he went right at Len, and was met with a phalanx of Phoenix Suns including the Morris twins and Goran Dragic.

In the aftermath, Young was ejected for punching Alex Len and Goran Dragic in the ensuing scuffle. Len was also ejected for the flagrant foul. 'Swaggy P' then dissed on his teammates for not 'backing him up' that's why he ended up in the enemy's foxhole.

Dave McMenamin of ESPN gathered all the comments.

 Nick Young: "What I'm mad about is it was 1-on-5, I felt like," Young said. "If somebody (from the Lakers) would have got in the middle, everything wouldn't have escalated that much."

Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni:  "You don't fight in this league. It wouldn't help us to lose two or three more guys. So, I hate that Nick feels that way, but I'm sure he's just in the moment, talking."

Kendall Marshall: "I understand where Nick's coming from, he did get fouled hard and it wasn't a basketball play by any means but at the same time, we got to understand our numbers (of available players on the roster) and sometimes you just got to win some and lose some," Marshall said. "I don't know if that was the smartest play at the time."

Wesley Johnson: "I understand because there was a lot of guys that were swarming (Young) from that team so it looked like it was just 1-on-4, 1-on-5, I think he felt like that. We always have his back, but for the players that were on the bench, we couldn't do but only so much."

Pau Gasol: "Nick got fouled pretty hard, fell on the floor and he was upset about the foul and I think everybody would have been," Gasol said. "Unfortunately we didn't get a guy in between Nick and the three or four guys that were going at him, so I think that was the first mistake or slow reaction on our part. We should have protected Nick there because he had, like I said, a couple guys just pushing him and shoving him."

Nick Young clarifies: "I didn't throw no punch. I was trying to shove people out of my way. I was getting pushed and pushed further back and it was more trying to get out (from the Suns players)."

 Swaggy P also admits he was wrong to hit Dragic: "It happened. I feel bad. It's just basketball. I didn't try to push Dragic. That's my guy. I feel bad for that."

The incident from Alex Len's point of view: "I went up for the ball. I didn't mean to hit him in the face. Hard foul. I wanted to block him but I was a little late so I was about to foul him. But I didn't mean to hit him in the face. I knew he was going to do that (retaliate) because I knocked him down on the floor. He had to get back. I respect that."

From the Associated Press, top scorer of the game Gerald Green of the Suns sticks up for his rookie bro(in reference to possible cash fines):"Hope the NBA doesn't do anything, but if it does, I'll take care of it."  At least one team in this story stands up for each other.

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