Why LeBron James got into conflict with Ime Udoka? / News - Basketnews.com

Udoka called out LeBron for asking for a travel during a play, while James responded to directly confront Udoka. Both men got awarded technical fouls. Udoka got ejected as it was second technical foul during the match.

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The game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets featured a verbal conflict between numerous players, resulting in multiple technical fouls.

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With 8:35 left in the fourth quarter, Houston's Tari Eason drove to the basket and drew a foul from Lakers' Cam Reddish. Moments later, Reddish bumped into Eason who was preparing to shoot free throws.

The two players got into a little altercation, while Reddish was given a technical foul. During the play, LeBron James called for a travel on Eason, which sparked a reaction from the Rockets' head coach, Ime Udoka.

"Y'all got to stop crying like bi**es, man," Udoka reportedly said. "Don't use it so loosely. Don't use that word so loosely," LeBron replied, and the two got into a verbal conflict.

Both James and Udoka were awarded technical fouls, which forced Udoka to be ejected, as it was his second technical foul during the game.

After the game, LeBron didn't want to detail what the two men talked about. "Thanksgiving. How much we enjoyed Thanksgiving," he said to reporters in the locker room.

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