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Dan Gartland

Lip-Reader Breaks Down the NSFW Exchange Between LeBron James and Ime Udoka That Led to Ejection

Rockets coach Ime Udoka was ejected from Sunday’s game against the Lakers after exchanging words with Lakers star LeBron James—and a new video shows what Udoka appeared to say to James to earn the hook. 

Early in the fourth quarter, Los Angeles’s Cam Reddish fouled Houston’s Tari Eason and the two started jawing when Reddish bumped Eason as he prepared to take his free throws. As the chirping continued, Udoka said something that caught the attention of James and the two began a back-and-forth that led to both men being assessed technical fouls. Because Udoka had already been issued a tech earlier in the game, he was ejected. 

Referee J.T. Orr assesses technical fouls to Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James during the second half of last Saturday’s game in Los Angeles. Udoka was ejected from the game as that was his second technical foul.

Mark J. Terrill/AP

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