Bynum's Sideline Blow Up with PJax

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  1. Shapecity

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Lakers had another one of those awkward moments on their bench Sunday, when Andrew Bynum joined Brian Cook, Smush Parker and Lamar Odom as players who have had sideline outbursts this season. The second-year center and Phil Jackson exchanged words in the final minute of the fourth quarter against Minnesota.

    Bynum was charged with a turnover with 49 seconds left after failing to handle a pass from Bryant. A timeout was called, and Bynum didn't back down from Jackson after the Lakers' coach lit into him.

    Bynum, who had two points and five fouls in 20 minutes, was also approached by assistant coach Brian Shaw, the attempted peacemaker in other sideline spats this season. Bynum stewed on the bench until the game was over and left without talking to reporters Sunday.

    "With 'Drew having all the experience in the first three-quarters of the season, we need to have his input off the bench," Jackson said. "He's got to find a way to exploit that and just stay positive as a scorer and as an alternate player for us and a backup threat for our team."</div>

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    yeah, i saw this. Before they went to commerial, they showed bynum and jackson shouting . Then, after the commerical, they showed a closeup of bynum and it kind of looked like he was crying. he was really upset. Everyone was trying to comfort him and give him taps on the back. Shaw was talking to him for several minutes
     
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    I hope this doesn't discourage Bynum, I was kind of hoping it'd start a fire in him.
     
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    I don't even remember this going down in the game. However, I do remember Bynum having an emphatic block in the 4th quarter, was the block before or after this?
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I don't even remember this going down in the game. However, I do remember Bynum having an emphatic block in the 4th quarter, was the block before or after this?</div>

    It was after. The game was winding down, I think there was 40 or 50 seconds left, and Bynum threw an ill-advised shot out of bounds. The Wolves would later go on to call a timeout, and you could see Phil Jackson yelling at Bynum on the bench. Then, after commercials, the cameras were focused on the bench, and Bynum did look a bit upset. I'm not sure if he was crying or not, but Sasha and Kwame were trying to comfort him.
     

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