"I must've said something to him during the game and maybe it wasn't very nice," Sochan said. "He must have taken it in the wrong way and told me to see him after the game. So, I did. And we just had a polite exchange. I was, I think, intact and very joyful and the other person wasn't. Yeah, he just wasn't emotionally stable in that moment. So, it's something he has to work on. It's just life."
"As the teams exited the floor after the game, the forwards briefly exchanged words, with Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox stepping between them to deescalate the situation. Fox grabbed Vanderbilt to walk him away from the incident. But the Lakers forward quickly jabbed Sochan in the face with his left index finger. Spurs forward Julian Champagnie immediately pushed Vanderbilt as Fox remained between the players, trying to keep them separated."
"Vanderbilt did not speak to reporters in the Lakers' locker room after the game. But as Sochan discussed Champagnie stepping in to help, the latter jokingly pounded his chest in solidarity from his locker just a few feet away as he ate a postgame meal. "My guy," Champagnie said. On the floor, Sochan scored six points on 2-of-2 shooting with one assist in 11 minutes in a Spurs victory propelled by Keldon Johnson's 27 points off the bench."
Jeremy Sochan said he likely said something to Jarred Vanderbilt during the game that Vanderbilt took the wrong way, leading Vanderbilt to confront him after the contest. As the teams exited, De'Aaron Fox stepped between the forwards and tried to deescalate, but Vanderbilt jabbed Sochan in the face with his left index finger. Julian Champagnie pushed Vanderbilt while Fox, Luka Doncic and Jaxson Hayes helped separate and calm the players. Vanderbilt did not speak to reporters. Sochan finished with six points and one assist in 11 minutes, and Keldon Johnson scored 27 off the bench.
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